Deliberating about race as a variable in biomedical research

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 248-250

  van Niekerk, Anton A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79955930703     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4702     Document Type: Article

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