Placebo and the Helsinki Declaration - What to Do?

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-93

  Vrhovac, Bozidar ^a  

^a Croatian Bioethics Comm for Med   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Controlled clinical trial; Ethics of placebo use; Helsinki declaration and its revisions

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HORMONE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; VACCINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROPHYLAXIS;

EID: 1242351872     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-004-0066-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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