New treatments for serious conditions: Ethical implications

Gene Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 534-538

  King, N M P ^a   Bishop, C E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUSINERSEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ADVOCACY GROUP; DRUG COST; DRUG MARKETING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHARED DECISION MAKING; UNCERTAINTY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GENETIC THERAPY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 85032483155     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: 14765462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gt.2017.32     Document Type: Review

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