The ethical problems with sham surgery in clinical research

N Engl J Med. 1999 Sep 23;341(13):992-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199909233411312.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Control Groups*
  • Disclosure
  • Ethical Review
  • Ethics Committees, Research
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • Fetal Tissue Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent
  • Parkinson Disease / surgery*
  • Placebos*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / standards*
  • Research Subjects
  • Risk
  • Risk Assessment*
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative* / adverse effects
  • Therapeutic Human Experimentation*

Substances

  • Placebos