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Annette Rid

  • Bioethics

    Ethics of experimental Ebola interventions

    By Annette Rid In “Ethical considerations of experimental interventions in the Ebola outbreak“, published yesterday by The Lancet, Zeke Emanuel and I discuss what we take to be the key ethical questions about the use…

    Ethics of experimental Ebola interventions

  • Human Subjects Research

    Shifting the burden of proof regarding placebo controls

    By Annette Rid Placebo controls usually get special treatment. Almost all ethical guidelines for research specify how to use placebo controls, in particular when an established or proven effective treatment exists. To list just a…

    Shifting the burden of proof regarding placebo controls