Pediatric Participation in Non-Therapeutic Research

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 665-672

  Morris, Marilyn C ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867588977     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2012.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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