Docile bodies: Transnational research ethics as biopolitics

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 384-408

  Lysaught, M Therese ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Biopolitics; Bodies; Developing countries; Docile bodies; Foucault; Resource limited contexts; Transnational research

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67849088445     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhp026     Document Type: Review

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