Governing human subjects research in the USA: Individualized ethics and structural inequalities

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-126

  Fisher, Jill A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; REGULATORY APPROACH; VIOLENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249673244     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234207X190973     Document Type: Article

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