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April 01, 1998
Contraceptive research has been driven by the need of the provider, not the user, comments the Forum for Women's Health
April 01, 1998
Discussions of the placebo-controlled clinical trials for HIV have focussed on methodological questions, ignoring the fact that treatments are available but unaffordable
January 01, 1998
Twenty-eight physicians, ethicists and sociologists responded to a questionnaire on the role of the second opinion in medicine today. Their comments provide the basis for further discussion on this practice, the issues involved, and the ethical complexities in a changing health-care scenario....
October 01, 2013
In the editorial "Ethics of 'standard care' in randomised controlled trials of screening for cervical cancer", Sandhya Srinivasan argues persuasively that a series of placebo-controlled trials on screening for cervical cancer in India were unethical. The purported aim of the trials was to stud...