Should terminally ill patients have the right to take drugs that pass phase I testing? Yes

AUTOR(ES)

Freireich, Emil J

FONTE

BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

RESUMO

The United States is considering allowing experimental drugs to be given to people at the end of life. Emil J Freireich believes patients should be able to judge the risks for themselves, and Dean Gesme counters that use of such drugs outside trials will damage both individuals and science

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