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Badania naukowe i testowanie nowych leków na ludziach i zwierzętach-aspekt prawny i etyczny
The research and testing of new medicine on people and animals - legal and ethical aspects

Author(s): Magdalena Barbara Baranowska
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Wielkopolska Rada Młodzieży
Keywords: testing medicine on animals;conducting experiments on people;scientific research;xenotransplantation

Summary/Abstract: Pharmacological experiments and using animals for research is controversial and creates an ethical dilemma. Therefore, while making a decision of conducting an experiment or using animals for testing, all advantages and disadvantages of them should be carefully considered. It is strongly advisable to pay more attention to the issue of testing new medicine on people and using animals for research as well as point out the lack of legal regulations in these aspects to Polish legislators.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 5-13
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish