ON THE MORALITY OF GUINEA-PIG RECRUITMENT

Can it be wrong to conduct medical research on human subjects even with their informed consent and even when the transaction between the subjects and researchers is expected to be mutually beneficial? This question is especially pressing today in light of the rise of a semi-professional class of ‘gu...

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Main Author: Valdman, Mikhail (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
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Published: 2010
In: Bioethics
Year: 2010, Volume: 24, Issue: 6, Pages: 287-294
Further subjects:B Degradation
B guinea pig
B Consent
B mutual benefit
B Exploitation
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