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The Morality Of Intimate Faculty-Student Relationships, Nicholas Dixon
The Morality Of Intimate Faculty-Student Relationships, Nicholas Dixon
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Presented September 19, 1996 for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society
Privacy And Information Technology, Judith Wagner Decew
Privacy And Information Technology, Judith Wagner Decew
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Presented March 17, 1997 for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society
Selecting Subjects For Participation In Clinical Research: An Empirical Inquiry And Ethical Analysis, Charles Weijer
Selecting Subjects For Participation In Clinical Research: An Empirical Inquiry And Ethical Analysis, Charles Weijer
Philosophy Publications
Procedures for the selection of subjects for participation in randomized clinical trials--usually formalized as eligibility criteria in the study protocol--have both scientific and ethical implications. In this thesis, I undertake an examination of eligibility criteria at three stages in the genesis and dissemination of medical knowledge: clinical trial protocol, interpretation by investigators, and reporting of study results.
In the first chapter, ethical issues in subject selection are reviewed and the main study questions are presented. In the second chapter, the results of an examination of eligibility criteria in two sets of clinical trials, one sponsored by the NSABP, the other …