Surgical research, an elusive entity

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 49-50

  Reitsma, Angelique M ^a   Moreno, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHICS; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECUMBENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SURGERY;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

DECEPTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL;

EID: 16644375212     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/152651603322614599     Document Type: Note

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