The human capacity to reflect and decide: Bioethics and the reconfiguration of the research subject in the British biomedical sciences

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 348-368

  Reubi, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bioethics; biomedical research ethics; biomedicine; identity; research subject; subjectivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH SUBJECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 84862000623     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312712439457     Document Type: Article

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