This overview of ethics committees for biomedical and behavioral research considers principal issues in the role and operation of these committees in various countries. It suggests general guidelines derived from a ...

The randomization ingredient in double-blind controlled experiments may be objectionable to patients who, in their desperation, come to such trials seeking a last chance of cure. Minogue

[I]t is not always easy to decide what is truly in a particular child's best interests or what will benefit children as members of a group (for example, a family, school class, or an abstract collective). It is even more ...