Ethical and legal issues in enhancement research on human subjects

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-45

  Mehlman, Maxwell J ^a   Berg, Jessica W ^a   Juengst, Eric T ^b   Kodish, Eric ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79952466434     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180110000605     Document Type: Article

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