Competing for patients: An ethical framework for recruiting patients with brain tumors into clinical trials

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 623-627

  Ibrahim, George M ^a   Chung, Caroline ^b   Bernstein, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Clinical trials; Ethics; Patient enrollment; Patient recruitment

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICAL THEORY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATERNALISM; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 80052614657     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-011-0536-2     Document Type: Review

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