Sham Surgery: An Ethical Analysis

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-166

  Miller, Franklin G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics of clinical research; Informed consent; Sham surgery; Surgical clinical trials

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; TRANQUILIZER;

ANESTHESIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1242306788     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-004-0073-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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