The moral foundations of equipoise and its role in international research

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 48-51

  London, Alex ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NOTE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RESEARCH ETHICS;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION;

EID: 33746795347     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160600755599     Document Type: Note

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