The real problem with equipoise

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 37-47

  Chiong, Winston ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Equipoise; Immanuel Kant; Medical education; Physician patient relationship; Therapeutic obligation

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ZIDOVUDINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; ETHICS; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERINATAL CARE; PHILOSOPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERINATAL CARE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL; TRUST; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 33746831522     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160600755565     Document Type: Review

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