Research involving prisoners: Consensus and controversies in international and european regulations

Bioethics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 224-238

  Elger, Bernice S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethics; International; Prisoners; Research

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED NATIONS;

COERCION; EUROPE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRISONERS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 42149145577     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00634.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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