Clinical trials
Subtitle: what patients and volunteers need to know
By: by Lorna Speid.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780199734160
Subjects: Clinical trials -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works
Description: Clinical Trials: What Patients and Volunteers Need to Know demystifies the process, focusing on the process of drug development, and the clinical trial itself. The author provides important questions to ask those running a clinical trial, key definitions and terms for a participant to know and understand, as well as anecdotes illustrating the clinical trial process. The author also grapples with the idea of "informed consent," providing mechanisms for patients and volunteers to feel fully informed before signing up for the trial.--From publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Why I wrote this book; title: Understanding clinical trials; title: Oversight of clinical trials; title: Ethical conduct of clinical trials; title: Assessing risks versus benefits; title: Some additional considerations for you as a research subject; title: The physician - the role of the clinical investigator; title: The drug development process; title: Gene transfer clinical research and other experimental approaches; title: Clinical trials involving the elderly; title: Clinical trials involving children; title: Clinical trials involving rare or orphan diseases; title: Clinical trials involving disabled and vulnerable groups.