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Healthy children as subjects in pharmaceutical research
1Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Toronto, ON, Canada. gkoren@sickkids.ca
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
|August 29, 2003
Abstract:
Recruitment of healthy children for drug research has emerged due in part to several new American laws and policies that have led to a surge in pharmaceutical research involving children-subjects. In this paper, I review the ethical and scientific issues and the arguments in favor and against this new practice.
Keywords:
Bioethics and Professional Ethics