Using Systematic Reviews and Registers of Ongoing Trials for Scientific and Ethical Trial Design, Monitoring, and Reporting
Published 1 January 2001
Iain Chalmers
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Abstract
This chapter contains section titled: Summary Points Questionable use of Limited Resources Ethical Concerns Distorted Research Agendas Registration of Planned and Ongoing Trials to Inform Decisions on New Trials Registration of Trials to Reduce Reporting Biases Ethical and Scientific Monitoring of Ongoing Trials Interpreting the Results from new Trials Acknowledgements
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