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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...

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Основен автор: Halpern, Sydney A.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Серия: Morality and society.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=298814
Подобни документи: Print version:: Lesser harms.
Съдържание:
  • 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.