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  • 11 - To Be or Not to Be – A Research Subject

  • Edited by Thomasine Kushner
  • Book:
    Surviving Health Care
    Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    29 March 2010, pp 146-162

  • Summary

    This chapter reviews the basics of being a research subject, including the potential benefits and risks of making important decision. Of course, patients are not the only people approached to participate in medical research. Many projects involve healthy people. In fact, the earliest stages of research on any new medication almost always involve testing healthy people to determine side effects and correct dosages. The first step in deciding whether to participate in a research study is to understand what research is and how it differs from medical treatment. The goal of medical research is to obtain information that can improve health and medical care in the future. Some clinical trials are designed to study a medical procedure or device, rather than a drug. Although research involves some type of inconvenience, not all research is physically risky.