Humans as a guinea pigs

Authors

  • Germán Novoa Heckel Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Keywords:

clinical research, ethics in clinical research, clinical research ethics, patients, drugs, research protocols

Abstract

Clinical research is related with experiments that are carried out in humans; this process has been legislated, in many ways, along the last seventy years by clinical research ethics. Humans play a fundamental role, a role that is heavily regulated. It is necessary to learn some of the details, presented along the text, with the goal of involving patients with sufficient knowledge and volunteers alike in this altruistic task oriented to the development of the drugs of tomorrow. The interested reader will also be able to clarify some of the most important questions related with clinical research ethics.

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Author Biography

Germán Novoa Heckel, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Especialista en Medicina Farmacéutica, maestro en Investigación Clínica, doctor en Investigación Médica, diplomado en Investigación Clínica, Administración, Mercadotecnia y Bioética, post-doctorante en el Programa Universitario de Bioética. Actualmente es Investigador en el Programa Universitario de Bioética de la UNAM.

Published

2018-07-01

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 4 (2018): Y el viaje continúa: primer año de la nueva época de la RDU

Section

Varietas

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