E-DRUG: Helsinki declaration debate
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[for those of you interested in informed consent, ethics and Helsinki
Declaration, look up this weeks debate in BMJ.
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7258/442
for the complete history, proceed to:
http://bmj.com/cgi/collection/informed_consent
WB]
BMJ 2000;321:442-445 ( 12 August )
Education and debate
For and against
Declaration of Helsinki should be strengthened
FOR
AGAINST
Rothman and Michels' riposte
Declaration of Helsinki should be strengthened
The World Medical Association is now debating the next revision of
the Declaration of Helsinki. Kenneth Rothman and Karin Michels
argue that critics of the declaration, notably the US Food and Drug
Administration, are trying to give scientists greater latitude than the
declaration allows. In particular, Rothman and Michels dispute the
morality of performing placebo controlled trials when there is an
existing accepted treatment, and they offer other suggestions to
strengthen the protection of patients who participate in medical
experiments. Michael Baum argues against their absolutism on
this issue and against what he considers their anti-science stance
[Any input from E-druggers? WB]
Wilbert Bannenberg, E-DRUG moderator
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