Protecting vulnerable subjects in clinical research: Children, pregnant women, prisoners, and employees

Respiratory Care

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1342-1349

  Schwenzer, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitively impaired; Employees; Institutional review board; Pregnant; Prisoners; Research; Residents; Special research populations; Students; Vulnerable subjects; Women

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPLOYEE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRISONER; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; VULNERABLE POPULATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRISONERS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 58149148302     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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