What price better health? : hazards of the research imperative /

Callahan, Daniel, 1930-2019.

What price better health? : hazards of the research imperative / Daniel Callahan. - Berkeley : New York : University of California Press ; Milbank Memorial Fund, c2003. - xii, 329 p. ; 24 cm. - California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 9 . - California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 9. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The emergence and growth of the research imperative? -- Protecting the integrity of science -- Is research a moral obligation? -- Curing the sick, helping the suffering, enhancing the well -- Assessing risks and benefits -- Using humans for research -- Pluralism, balance, and controversy -- Doing good and doing well -- Advocacy and priorities for research -- Research and the public interest.

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Medicine--Research--Social aspects--United States.
Research--United States.
Ethics, Research--United States.
Conduct of life--United States.
Ethics--United States.
Moral conditions--United States.

R853.S64 / C35 2003