Against pandemic research exceptionalism

Science

Volumn 368, Issue 6490, 2020, Pages 476-477

  London, Alex John ^a   Kimmelman, Jonathan ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; COVID-19 VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; RESEARCH WORK; VACCINATION; VACCINE; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

CAREGIVER; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICIAN; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PANDEMIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ETHICS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 85084587493     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.ABC1731     Document Type: Review

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