February, 2003
© 2000, 2001, 2003 Scott S. Emerson, M.D., Ph.D.
The
clinical trial must ethically address the needs of the
greater population of potential recipients of the treatment
Group ethics
·Approve new
beneficial treatments as rapidly as possible
·Avoid
approving ineffective or (even worse) harmful treatments
·Do not
unnecessarily delay the new treatment discovery process