Human Rights Research and Ethics Review: Protecting Individuals or Protecting the State?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Amon, Joseph J ^a,b   Baral, Stefan D ^b,c   Beyrer, Chris ^b,c   Kass, Nancy ^b,c  

^a Health and Human Rights Division   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INTERVIEW; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK; SEXUAL ABUSE;

HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84868143088     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001325     Document Type: Article

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