Can a chimp say no?: Reenvisioning chimpanzee dissent in harmful research

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 130-139

  Fenton, Andrew ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

animal bioethics; animal minds; chimpanzee dissent; chimpanzee research

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; EPISODIC MEMORY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; PAIN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PEDIATRICS; PRIMATE; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PAIN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PEDIATRICS; PLEASURE-PAIN PRINCIPLE; PRIMATES; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84894227963     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180113000662     Document Type: Article

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