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Clinical Trial Research
Studies from Queen's University, Department of Philosophy reveal new findings on clinical trial research
March 21st, 2009
Data detailed in 'Terminal illness and access to Phase 1 experimental agents, surgeries and devices: reviewing the ethical arguments' have been presented. According to recent research published in the journal British Medical Bulletin, "The advent of AIDS brought about a group of patients unwilling to accept crucial aspects of the methodological standards for clinical research investigating Phase 1 drugs, surgeries or devices. Their arguments against placebo controls in trials, which depended--at the time--on the terminal status of patient volunteers led to a renewed discussion of the ethics of denying patients with catastrophic illnesses access to last-chance experimental drugs,...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-03-21)
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