Chasing medical miracles: the promise and perils of clinical trials/ Alex O'Meara.
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TextPublication details: New York: Walker & Co., 2009.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 263 p.; 22 cmISBN: - 0802716962
- 9780802716965
- Promise and perils of clinical trials
- Clinical Trials as Topic -- ethics -- United States
- Clinical Trials as Topic -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States
- Clinical Trials as Topic -- United States
- Clinical trials -- Law and legislation
- Clinical trials -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Clinical trials
- Drugs -- Testing -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Drugs -- Testing
- Pharmaceutical industry -- Moral and ethical aspects
- 2009 I-485
- 615.50724 22
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Shelf | NIH Library NIH Library | QV 771 O55c 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | BK00070409 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-254) and index.
Entering the risky world of clinical trials -- The right and wrong of clinical trials -- Money makes the trial go 'round -- Legal trials -- There's a subject born every minute -- Going global -- The perfect laboratory for clinical trials -- The stories behind the subjects -- Transplanted -- Volunteering for a clinical trial.
"Chasing Medical Miracles" is the first book to give readers a behind-the-scenes look at the complicated world of clinical trials, revealing how a multibillion-dollar industry of private companies conducting them with little oversight has taken root and quietly become a major part of the American medical establishment.
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