Historical and ethical issues in trial design

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Historical antecedents to the clinical trial -- Pharmacology & mathematical statistics as key for clinical trials -- Shortage of streptomycin during WWII & use of control groups -- Unethical research studies & informed consent by study subjects -- Withholding a potentially useful therapy -- Letting chance determine patient assignment -- Advancing scientific knowledge without reducing study participants to a means to an end -- General ethical frameworks of Utilitarianism & Kantianism -- Eight factors to be considered in designing ethical and scientific studies.…”
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Historical and ethical issues in trial design

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Historical antecedents to the clinical trial -- Pharmacology & mathematical statistics as key for clinical trials -- Shortage of streptomycin during WWII & use of control groups -- Unethical research studies & informed consent by study subjects -- Withholding a potentially useful therapy -- Letting chance determine patient assignment -- Advancing scientific knowledge without reducing study participants to a means to an end -- General ethical frameworks of Utilitarianism & Kantianism -- Eight factors to be considered in designing ethical and scientific studies.…”
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Historical and ethical issues in trial design

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Historical antecedents to the clinical trial -- Pharmacology & mathematical statistics as key for clinical trials -- Shortage of streptomycin during WWII & use of control groups -- Unethical research studies & informed consent by study subjects -- Withholding a potentially useful therapy -- Letting chance determine patient assignment -- Advancing scientific knowledge without reducing study participants to a means to an end -- General ethical frameworks of Utilitarianism & Kantianism -- Eight factors to be considered in designing ethical and scientific studies.…”
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