"Ethics and Clinical Research" Revisited: A Tribute to Henry K. Beecher
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- Published by JSTOR in Hastings Center Report
- Vol. 23 (5) , 31-9
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3562065
Abstract
The doctrine of informed consent, borrowed from the law of torts, cannot be readily transplanted into therapeutic settings. The broader, as yet unrealized, idea of informed consent, which suggests that parties must make decisions jointly, should guide interactions between physicians and patients or investigators and subjects.Keywords
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