Biomedical research involving prisoners: Ethical values and legal regulation

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 737-740

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DRUG RESEARCH; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TUBERCULOSIS; ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; PRISONERS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847104666     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.7.737     Document Type: Note

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