Ethics and Regulation of Clinical Research: Second Edition

by Robert J. Levine

Book Overview

The use of human subjects in medical and scientific research has given rise to troubling ethical questions. How should human subjects be selected for experiments? What should they be told about the research in which they are involved? How can their privacy be protected? When is it permissible to deceive them? How do we deal with subjects such as children, fetuses, and the mentally infirm, for whom informed consent is impossible? In this book, Dr...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300042884
• ISBN13: 9780300042887
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"