The research imperative revisited

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-387

  Wayne, Katherine ^a   Glass, Kathleen Cranley ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ETHICS; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PUBLIC OPINION; SCIENCE;

ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MORALS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SCIENCE;

EID: 77955973309     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.0.0173     Document Type: Article

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