The Ethical Challenges of Animal Research : Honoring Henry Beecher's Approach to Moral Problems

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 391-406

  Ferdowsian, Hope R ^a   Gluck, John P ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

animal experimentation; animal research; assent or dissent in animal subjects; Cambridge Declaration of Consciousness; Henry K. Beecher

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; BOOK; ETHICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BOOKS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORALS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 84941635656     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180115000067     Document Type: Article

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