Clinical trials : what patients and healthy volunteers need to know /
Speid, Lorna.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why I wrote this book -- Understanding clinical trials -- Oversight of clinical trials -- Ethical conduct of clinical trials -- Assessing risks versus benefits -- Other issues to consider as a research subject -- 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.
Clinical trials