Ethics of Clinical Science in a Public Health Emergency: Reflections on the Role of Research Ethics Boards

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 27-29

  Petrini, Carlo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PANDEMIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH ETHICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION;

EID: 84883472325     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2013.813599     Document Type: Article

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