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Lesser harms : the morality of risk in medical research /
Research physicians face intractable dilemmas when they consider introducing new medical procedures. Innovations carry the promise of preventing or curing life-threatening diseases, but they can also lead to injury or even death. How have clinical scientists made high-stakes decisions about undertak...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | Morality and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Research physicians face intractable dilemmas when they consider introducing new medical procedures. Innovations carry the promise of preventing or curing life-threatening diseases, but they can also lead to injury or even death. How have clinical scientists made high-stakes decisions about undertaking human tests of new medical treatments? In Lesser Harms, Sydney Halpern explores this issue as she examines vaccine trials in America during the early and mid-twentieth century. Today's scientists follow federal guidelines for research on human subjects developed during the 1960s and 1970s. But lo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226314532 0226314537 9780226314518 0226314510 1282426575 9781282426573 9786612426575 6612426578 |