'Informed consent' in public health activities: Based on the universal declaration on bioethics and human rights, UNESCO

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 339-344

  Meng, Kwang Ho ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epidemiological studies; IBC report on consent; Informed consent; Public health; UNESCO; Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CONSENSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED NATIONS;

BIOETHICS; CONSENSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 58149159817     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2008.41.5.339     Document Type: Article

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