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BL
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1038905
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b793275
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Halpern, Sydney A., (Sydney Ann)
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Lesser harms : : the morality of risk in medical research /\ Sydney A. Halpern.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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Morality and society series
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xii, 232 pages)
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| ISBN
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0226314510
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: 0226314537
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: 1282426575
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: 6612426578
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: 9780226314518
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: 9780226314532
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: 9781282426573
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: 9786612426575
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0226314510
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.
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| Abstract
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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 undertaking human tests of new medical treatments? In Lesser Harms, Sydney Halpern explores this issue as she examines vaccine trials in America during the early and mid-twentieth century. Today's scientists follow federal guidelines for research on human subjects developed during the 1960s and 1970s. But lo.
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Human experimentation in medicine-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States.
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Medicine-- Research-- Law and legislation-- United States.
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Medicine-- Research-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States.
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Poliomyelitis vaccine-- Research-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States.
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Human experimentation in medicine-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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MEDICAL-- Ethics.
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Medicine-- Research-- Law and legislation.
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Medicine-- Research-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Clinical Trials as Topic-- history.
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Ethics, Research.
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Human Experimentation-- ethics.
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Risk Assessment.
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Ethische aspecten.
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Onderzoek.
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Autoexperimentation-- history.
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Biomedical Research-- history.
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Ethics, Research-- history.
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Government Regulation.
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History, 20th Century.
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Human Experimentation-- history.
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Influenza Vaccines-- history.
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Informed Consent.
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Poliovirus Vaccines-- history.
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Research Personnel.
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Research Support as Topic.
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Social Control, Informal.
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Sociology, Medical.
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United States.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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174.2/8
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| LC Classification
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R853.H8H357 2004eb
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| NLM classification
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2004 N-084
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W 20.5H195L 2004
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