Tag: research practices
âMedical Research: The Dangers to the Human Subjectsâ
Marcia Angell in the New York Review of Books writes about the inherent conflict in clinical trials between âthe search for scientific answers," on one hand, and âthe rights and welfare of human subjects,â on the other.
University Owes Mistreated Psychiatric Subjects an Apology
The University of Minnesota recently announced that it is ending the controversial practice of recruiting study participants from patients involuntarily being held in their psychiatric unit. In a commentary for Minnesotaâs Star Tribune, bioethicist and MIA contributor Carl Elliot reports that the university has still not apologized to the patient who spoke out against this practice. Instead, âthe university has done its best to discredit him.â