ArticleJournal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE2012
Sham surgery trial controls: perspectives of patients and their relatives.
Article in Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Placebo comparator group selection and use in surgical trials: the ASPIRE project including expert workshop.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Article
- Evidence-Based Evaluation of the Ethics of Sham Surgery for Parkinson's Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2019Article
- Lay attitudes toward deception in medicine: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence.AJOB empirical bioethics · 2016Article
- Placebo in Surgical Research: A Case-Based Ethical Analysis and Practical Consequences.BioMed research international · 2016Review
- Strengthening the ethical assessment of placebo-controlled surgical trials: three proposals.BMC medical ethics · 2014Article
- "Media, politics and science policy: MS and evidence from the CCSVI Trenches".BMC medical ethics · 2013Article
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Abstract
This study reports on qualitative research conducted in the UK with people with Parkinson's Disease and their relatives on the subject of "sham surgery." It explores attitudes toward sham surgery and reasoning about hypothetical participation in a sham-controlled trial. Results showed that attitudes toward sham surgery may not necessarily predict trial participation behavior. A small majority of interviewees deemed sham surgery ethically acceptable with certain provisos, but hypothetical participation was driven primarily by disease severity and a lack of standard treatment options, with a preference for receiving the real surgery over sham. Ethical implications for patient equipoise and the autonomy of patients' research participation decisions are discussed.
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