What constitutional protection for freedom of scientific research?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 342-344

  Santosuosso, Amedeo ^a,b   Sellaroli, Valentina ^b,c   Fabio, Elisabetta ^d  

^a Corte d'Appello Milano ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c Procura della Repubblica per i Minorenni di Torino (I)   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; EUROPE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CIVIL RIGHTS; CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS; CULTURE; EUGENICS; EUROPE; FREEDOM; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250780650     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.020594     Document Type: Article

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