Therapeutic misconception
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Therapeutic misconception arises wherever human subjects misunderstand the primary purpose of a clinical trial
as therapeutic. The phenomenon was first described in an article by Paul S. Appelbaum
. Appelbaum PS, Roth LH, Lidz C: The therapeutic misconception: Informed consent in psychiatric research. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 1982.
"For over three decades, bioethics scholarship and research ethics guidelines have identified concerns about the boundaries between research and standard clinical care. Ethicists have argued that informed consent to participate in research should include clarification of the differences between these two activities. In 1982, Appelbaum and colleagues reported on findings from interviews with patients with psychiatric disorders that documented failure to appreciate the difference between research and treatment, labeling the phenomenon “therapeutic misconception” . Henderson et al., Clinical Trials and Medical Care: Defining the Therapeutic Misconception, (2007) Clinical Trials and Medical Care: Defining the Therapeutic Misconception. PLoS Med 4(11): e324 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040324
Clinical trial
Clinical trials are a set of procedures in medical research and drug development that are conducted to allow safety and efficacy data to be collected for health interventions...
as therapeutic. The phenomenon was first described in an article by Paul S. Appelbaum
Paul S. Appelbaum
Paul Stuart Appelbaum is an American psychiatrist, and an expert on legal and ethical issues in medicine and psychiatry.-Biography:...
. Appelbaum PS, Roth LH, Lidz C: The therapeutic misconception: Informed consent in psychiatric research. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 1982.
"For over three decades, bioethics scholarship and research ethics guidelines have identified concerns about the boundaries between research and standard clinical care. Ethicists have argued that informed consent to participate in research should include clarification of the differences between these two activities. In 1982, Appelbaum and colleagues reported on findings from interviews with patients with psychiatric disorders that documented failure to appreciate the difference between research and treatment, labeling the phenomenon “therapeutic misconception” . Henderson et al., Clinical Trials and Medical Care: Defining the Therapeutic Misconception, (2007) Clinical Trials and Medical Care: Defining the Therapeutic Misconception. PLoS Med 4(11): e324 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040324