When are research risks reasonable in relation to anticipated benefits?

Nature Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 570-573

  Weijer, Charles ^a   Miller, Paul B ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CLINICAL TRIALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PLACEBOS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK FACTORS; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION;

EID: 2942711455     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0604-570     Document Type: Review

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