What makes clinical labour different? The case of human guinea pigging

Each year thousands of individuals enrol in clinical trials as healthy volunteers to earn money. Some of them pursue research participation as a full-time or at least a part-time job. They call themselves professional or semiprofessional guinea pigs. The practice of paying healthy volunteers raises...

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1. VerfasserIn: Różyńska, Joanna (Verfasst von)
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Veröffentlicht: 2018
In: Journal of medical ethics
Jahr: 2018, Band: 44, Heft: 9, Seiten: 638-642
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