Exploitation and enrichment: The paradox of medical experimentation

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 180-183

  Brazier, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ETHICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; MORALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ALTRUISM; ENGLAND; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MORALS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 40649116240     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.020990     Document Type: Article

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