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Pregnant women should not be categorised as a ‘vulnerable population’ in biomedical research studies: ending a vicious cycle of ‘vulnerability’
- Correspondence to Dr Carleigh B Krubiner, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; ckrubiner{at}jhu.edu
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Pregnant women should not be categorised as a ‘vulnerable population’ in biomedical research studies: ending a vicious cycle of ‘vulnerability’
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- Received June 21, 2017
- Revised February 13, 2017
- Accepted June 22, 2017
- First published July 17, 2017.
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September 28, 2017
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