Unintended Consequences of “Soft” Regulations: The Social Control of Human Biomedical Research in Japan

International Journal of Japanese Sociology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-17

  Tashiro, Shimon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Administrative guidance (Gyosei shido); Biomedical research; Chiken (clinical trials for drug approval); Social control

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956240544     PISSN: 09187545     EISSN: 14756781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6781.2010.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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