Equipoise as a means of managing uncertainty: Personal, communal and proxy

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 135-139

  Alderson, Priscilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipoise; Informed consent; Randomised trials; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

EID: 0029934257     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.22.3.135     Document Type: Article

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