Lesser harms the morality of risk in medical research / [electronic resource] :
Sydney A. Halpern.
- University of Chicago Press, 2004.
- 1 online resource (xii, 232 p.)
- Morality and society series .
- Morality and society. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-222) and index.
Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- The origins of a moral logic of risk -- Negotiating moral boundaries : the polio vaccines of 1934-1935 -- Research sponsors and the culture of risk -- Formalizing responses to research hazards -- The social nature of moral action -- Moral traditions in an era of government oversight -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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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