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Clinical Trials and Medical Care: Defining the Therapeutic Misconception
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A key component of informed consent to participate in medical research includes understanding that research is not the same as treatment.
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- Authors
- Henderson, G. E., Churchill, L. R., Davis, A. M., Easter, M. M., Grady, C., Joffe, S., Kass, N., King, N. M. P., Lidz, C. W., Miller, F. G., Nelson, D. K., Peppercorn, J., Rothschild, B. B., Sankar, P., Wilfond, B. S., & Zimmer, C. R.
- Venue
- PLoS Medicine
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2007-11-27
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- e324
- ISSN
- 1549-1277 (ISSN-L)
- 1549-1676
- OpenAlex
- W2056478869
- Cited by
- 466
- References
- 39
- FWCI
- 15.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- Henderson, G. E., Churchill, L. R., Davis, A. M., Easter, M. M., Grady, C., Joffe, S., Kass, N., King, N. M. P., Lidz, C. W., Miller, F. G., Nelson, D. K., Peppercorn, J., Rothschild, B. B., Sankar, P., Wilfond, B. S., & Zimmer, C. R. (2007). Clinical Trials and Medical Care: Defining the Therapeutic Misconception. PLoS Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040324
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