From the ideal market to the ideal clinic: Constructing a normative standard of fairness for human subjects research

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-106

  Phillips, Trisha ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

exploitation; fair benefits; justice, placebo control trials; research ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 79951638392     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhq058     Document Type: Article

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