If children understand drawing straws and flipping coins, research participants can understand randomization

Am J Bioeth. 2009 Feb;9(2):19-20. doi: 10.1080/15265160802657775.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Comprehension*
  • Conflict of Interest
  • Decision Making
  • Ethics, Research
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent / ethics*
  • Metaphor
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / ethics*
  • Research Design
  • Research Personnel / ethics*
  • Research Subjects
  • Researcher-Subject Relations / ethics*
  • Therapeutic Equivalency*
  • Truth Disclosure*