When science offers salvation : patient advocacy and research ethics
This volume shows how advocates have transformed health research, often - but not always - for the better. Dresser examines patient advocacy through the lens of research ethics. Her book recounts the advocacy contribution to research and explores the thorny ethical issues facing research advocates.
1 online resource (xii, 215 pages)
9780199748952, 0199748950
607554932
1. Patient Advocacy and the Changing Research Environment ; 2. Advocates on the Research Team - Shaping and Assessing Science ; 3. Hope Versus Hypothesis Testing: Expanding Access to Experimental Interventions ; 4. Fairness in Allocating Government Research Funds ; 5. Public Participation in Allocating Government Research Funds ; 6. Advocates in Research Ethics Oversight: A Voice for the Public? ; 7. Advocacy for Accuracy in Research Reporting ; 8. Research Advocacy Today and Tomorrow
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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