Title: The law and ethics of medical research : international bioethics and human rights /
Authors: Plomer, Aurora.
Publisher: Cavendish,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Medicine Research Law and legislation; Medicine Research Moral and ethical aspects.; Medical laws and legislation.; Bioethics; Biomedical Research legislation & jurisprudence; Biomedical Research ethics; Human Rights
Abstract: "This book examines the controversies surrounding biomedical research in the 21st century from a human rights perspective, analysing the evolution and changes in form and content of international instruments regulating the conduct of biomedical research."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: From bioethics to human rights in biomedicine -- Human rights and universal principles -- Non-therapeutic research : domestic remedies and convention rights -- Embryonic stem cell research : human dignity and the right to life -- The rights of the dead : research on human tissue and body parts after Bristol and Alder Hey -- Research in developing countries : new ethics and new threats to human rights.