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The Ethical Analysis Of Risk In Intensive Care Unit Research, Charles Weijer
The Ethical Analysis Of Risk In Intensive Care Unit Research, Charles Weijer
Charles Weijer
Research in the intensive care unit (ICU) is commonly thought to pose 'serious risk' to study participants. This perception may be at the root of a variety of impediments to the conduct of clinical trials in the ICU setting. Component analysis offers a promising approach to the ethical analysis of ICU research. Because clinical trials commonly involve a mixture of study interventions, therapeutic and nontherapeutic procedures must be analyzed separately. Therapeutic procedures must meet the requirement of clinical equipoise. Risks associated with nontherapeutic procedures must be minimized consistent with sound scientific design, and be deemed reasonable in relation to the …
Oncolog, Volume 49, Number 03, March 2004, Beth Notzon, Katie Prout Matias
Oncolog, Volume 49, Number 03, March 2004, Beth Notzon, Katie Prout Matias
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