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...
Основен автор: | Halpern, Sydney A. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2004.
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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.