Cancer and the constitution--choice at life's end.

نویسنده

  • George J Annas
چکیده

However, what the study was “designed to test” 1 is not the main issue. Consider the most appropriate action of a man who has created a new boat design, and during the test sees a child alone and in distress, caught in rip tide. Similarly, access to investigational drugs are case-based decisions, and FDA has done a good job of making it easier for sponsors and doctors to understand what to do when the need arises. 2

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The New England journal of medicine

دوره 357 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007