The Return of Results of Deceased Research Participants

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 621-630

  Tassé, Anne Marie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; ETHICS; FAMILY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

DEATH; DISCLOSURE; FAMILY; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETIC TESTING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 81255208683     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2011.00629.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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