Twenty-first century ethics of medical research involving human subjects: Achievements and challenges

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-163

  Tzamaloukas, Antonios H ^a,b   Konstantinov, Konstantin N ^a,b   Agaba, Emmanuel I ^c   Raj, Dominic S C ^b   Murata, Glen H ^a,b   Glew, Robert H ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ethics; Medical research

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; FUNDING; GENETICS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PUBLISHING; RELIGION; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STEM CELL; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WAR;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GERMANY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41549085228     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-007-9319-2     Document Type: Review

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