The bioethics of medical research in very poor countries

Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-161

  Tausig, Mark ^a   Subedi, Sree ^b   Subedi, Janardan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality and health; Nepal; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEPAL; POVERTY; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY;

BIOETHICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; NEPAL; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 33847348836     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459307074691     Document Type: Review

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