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The ethics of placebo
FromThe BMJ Podcast
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19 minutes
Released:
Sep 16, 2016
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Description
In a clinical trial, we usually think of risk in terms of the new active compound - will it have unwanted effects. However, two analyses in The BMJ are concerned about the risk associated with the control arm.
Robin Emsley is a professor of psychiatry at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, he and colleagues have written about the risk associated with forgoing treatment in patients with schizophrenia.
Read the full analysis: http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i4728
Jonathan Mendel, lecturer in human geography at the University of Dundee, and Ben Goldacre, senior clinical research fellow at the University of Oxford, have examined the ethical approval given to trials, and are concerned that identified risks are not adequately communicated to patients.
Read the full analysis: http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i4626
Robin Emsley is a professor of psychiatry at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, he and colleagues have written about the risk associated with forgoing treatment in patients with schizophrenia.
Read the full analysis: http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i4728
Jonathan Mendel, lecturer in human geography at the University of Dundee, and Ben Goldacre, senior clinical research fellow at the University of Oxford, have examined the ethical approval given to trials, and are concerned that identified risks are not adequately communicated to patients.
Read the full analysis: http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i4626
Released:
Sep 16, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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