Vulnerable populations in research: The case of the seriously Ill

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-264

  Nickel, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Belmont Report; Biomedical research ethics; Consent; Fairness; Serious illness; Vulnerable population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; TERMINAL DISEASE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33748154209     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-006-9000-2     Document Type: Article

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