The Bioethics Project
At Kent Place School
Tag: risk
Tag: risk
Pregnant Women in Clinical Trials
No Medication without Clinical Trial Representation: The Ethics of Clinical Research Guidelines that Exclude Pregnant Women By Megan Altier Historically, FDA and pharmaceutical regulations have excluded pregnant women from clinical trials for numerous reasons, most importantly being the risks to the mother and fetus. Because of this, these women are left subject to harm in
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The Case for a Legalized Kidney Market
Absence Makes the Need Grow Stronger: The Case for a Legalized Kidney Market By Noelle Rosa Approximately 97,000 people in the United States alone are eagerly awaiting a life-saving kidney transplant. In 2012, almost 5,000 of the people on this list lost their lives due to the insufficient supply of donated organs. Kidney commodification, or
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