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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The origins of a moral logic of risk
- 2. Negotiating moral boundaries : the polio vaccines of 1934-1935
- 3. Research sponsors and the culture of risk
- 4. Formalizing responses to research hazards
- 5. The social nature of moral action
- 6. Moral traditions in an era of government oversight
- Notes
- Selected bibliography
- Index.