Ethical Issues in Research Involving Infants

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 364-371

  Diekema, Douglas S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; federal regulations; human subject research; infants; neonates; research; research ethics

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

CHILD CARE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN CARE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; NEONATOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 71549120125     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.07.003     Document Type: Review

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