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Medical experimentation: a behavioural science perspective.

G Parker
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Recent advances in medical experimentation have evoked wide-ranging responses from the medical profession and the wider community. This article argues against the medical profession assessing experimentation issues by reference to a narrow utilitarian model and promotes, by way of a behavioural science perspective, an emphasis on process issues.

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G Parker. 1985-06-24. Medical experimentation: a behavioural science perspective.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4010590/

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