Protection of incapacitated elderly in medical research

European Journal of Health Law

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 367-378

  De Klerk, Clasine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical Trials Directive; Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine; cross border medical research; incapacitated adults; non therapeutic research; therapeutic research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ETHICS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY;

EID: 84863636354     PISSN: 09290273     EISSN: 15718093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157180912X650690     Document Type: Article

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