The irrelevance of equipoise

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-183

  Veatch, Robert M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consent to randomization; Equipoise; Idiosyncratic preferences; Individual versus clinical equipoise

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INFORMED CONSENT; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESPONSIBILITY;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 34247093817     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605310701255776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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