HIV cure research: Expanding the ethical considerations

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 490-492

  Sugarman, Jeremy ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ETHICS; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMED CONSENT; METHODOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84884876077     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-7-201310010-00694     Document Type: Note

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