Clinical and research ethics as moral strangers

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-164

  Kottow, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Ethics; Placebo in clinical trials

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

BENEFICENCE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTION; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; RISK; THERAPY EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PLACEBOS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; THERAPEUTIC EQUIPOISE;

EID: 70349510598     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-009-0027-8     Document Type: Review

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