Consent and equipoise, the crucial ethical issues in randomised clinical trials

Onkologie

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 524-528

  Meran, J G ^a,b  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Ethics; Informed consent; Randomised clinical trials, equipoise

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL SECURITY; SURVIVAL;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

AUSTRIA; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0347611098     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074145     Document Type: Review

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