A Testament of Duty
1974; American Medical Association; Volume: 134; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/archinte.1974.00320230064014
ISSN1538-3679
Autores Tópico(s)Health and Medical Research Impacts
ResumoIt is the immemorial custom of societies such as ours to hold an annual clambake; and the president is expected to invoke his prerogative of perpetrating an address. Some have enlivened the occasion with clownish antics, some with solemn beard tugging, or scowling with alarm at things as they are. Others have taken broad and panoramic views over particular aspects of the inexhaustibly various fields of clinical research. Frustrated investigators have even used the opportunity to give a paper which former incumbents of the office had omitted from previous programs. I propose to depart a little from established patterns and discuss with you a simple problem at the very heart of clinical research, namely, the moral responsibilities of the clinical investigator. Though the Cassandras of moral decay are now in vogue, I was pondering this topic well before the current fashion yielded such a ripe harvest. As far as I
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