Clinical trials: two neglected ethical issues

Ethical reasons are presented for requiring 1) that a proposal for a clinical trial should be accompanied by a thorough review of all previous trials that have examined the same and closely related questions, and 2) that a trial should be approved by a research ethics committee only if the investiga...

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Published in:Journal of medical ethics
Main Author: Herxheimer, A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 1993
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1993, Volume: 19, Issue: 4, Pages: 211-218
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Summary:Ethical reasons are presented for requiring 1) that a proposal for a clinical trial should be accompanied by a thorough review of all previous trials that have examined the same and closely related questions, and 2) that a trial should be approved by a research ethics committee only if the investigator undertakes to register it in an appropriate register of clinical trials as soon as one exists.
ISSN:1473-4257
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1136/jme.19.4.211