Ethics of clinical trials

Seminars in Reproductive Endocrinology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-92

  Palter, Steven F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trial; ethics; randomization

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0029885932     PISSN: 07348630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1016315     Document Type: Review

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