Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.
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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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Lesser harms.
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Human experimentation in medicine-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States.
Medicine-- Research-- Law and legislation-- United States.
Medicine-- Research-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States.
Poliomyelitis vaccine-- Research-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States.
Autoexperimentation-- history.
Biomedical Research-- history.
Clinical Trials as Topic-- history.
Ethics, Research-- history.
Ethics, Research.
Government Regulation.
History, 20th Century.
Human Experimentation-- ethics.
Human Experimentation-- history.
Influenza Vaccines-- history.
Informed Consent.
Poliovirus Vaccines-- history.
Research Personnel.
Research Support as Topic.
Risk Assessment.
Social Control, Informal.
Sociology, Medical.
Ethische aspecten.
Human experimentation in medicine-- Moral and ethical aspects.