Question 33 (part 2) · LEK · Medical experiment
Is it ethical to invite the patient for testing new drug, if previous treatment is a certain, however insufficient method of treatment?
- A. yes, if the risk does not exceed in significant extent the risk, involved with standard treatment.
- B. no, because the relation between risk and benefit may be disturbed.
- C. yes, if the risk is proportional to the scientific and social value.
- D. no, because the patient is dependent on the doctor, from whom he has the right to expect treatment.
- E. yes, if the risk is minimal.
Hint
When a patient already receives a partly effective standard therapy, compare the risk of the experimental drug with that of the existing treatment.
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