| Title |
Clinical trials : what patients and healthy volunteers need to know / Lorna Speid. |
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| Publication Info. |
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. |
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| Description |
xiv, 186 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents |
Why I wrote this book -- Understanding clinical trials -- Oversight of clinical trials -- Ethical conduct of clinical trials -- Assessing risks versus benefits -- Some additional considerations for you as a research subject -- The physician - the role of the clinical investigator -- The drug development process -- Gene transfer clinical research and other experimental approaches -- Clinical trials involving the elderly -- Clinical trials involving children -- Clinical trials involving rare or orphan diseases -- Clinical trials involving disabled and vulnerable groups. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Clinical trials -- Popular works.
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| ISBN |
9780199734160 : $19.95 |
|
019973416X |
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| ISBN |
9780199734160 : $19.95 |
|
019973416X |
|
