On the Minimal Risk Threshold in Research With Children

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3-12

  Binik, Ariella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

pediatrics; philosophy; research ethics; risk benefit analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PEDIATRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION;

EID: 84906055703     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2014.935879     Document Type: Article

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