"No one asked the baby" - An ethical issue in placebo-controlled trials in pregnant smokers

Peter Selby, Bhushan M. Kapur, Richard Hackman, Gideon Koren

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Abstract

This case report involving a placebo-controlled nicotine patch trial illustrates the difficult issue of conducting placebo studies in pregnancy, when one of the two patients involved cannot be asked to consent.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e180-e181
JournalJournal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology
Volume12
Issue number2
StatePublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Consent
  • Ethics
  • Nicotine
  • Placebo-controlled trial

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