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Time to stop worrying about the therapeutic misconception.

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  • 1. Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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    • Wendler DS 1
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The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 01 Jan 2012, 23(3):272-287
PMID: 23256408 

A comment on this article appears in "Why we should continue to worry about the therapeutic misconception." J Clin Ethics. 2013 Winter;24(4):381-6. A comment on this article appears in "Problems with the consensus definition of the therapeutic misconception." J Clin Ethics. 2013 Winter;24(4):387-94.

Abstract 

Work on the therapeutic misconception suggests that investigators should ensure that potential research subjects understand the fundamental differences between clinical research and clinical care. Yet, what potential research subjects should understand depends on their circumstances and the study in question. This analysis implies that researchers and review committees should stop attempting to define, measure, and dispel the therapeutic misconception, and instead should focus on what potential subjects should understand to participate in individual studies.

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