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You may become medical guinea pig without knowing it
The Seattle Times ^ | June 4, 2007 | Carol M. Ostrom

Posted on 02/22/2010 9:39:58 AM PST by justlittleoleme

Suppose you happen to be in a serious car wreck. Or maybe you get shot or suffer cardiac arrest. If you live in King County, it might also mean that in that life-or-death moment, you will become part of an experiment — without your consent.

Researchers at the University of Washington have been studying various treatments for patients in such extreme situations. And because patients can be unconscious or too injured to consent, federal guidelines now allow the doctors to bypass longstanding ethics rules that require so-called "informed consent."

The researchers say the experimental treatments are safe — maybe even safer than the procedures considered standard protocol at the moment. And they argue that they need the research to improve emergency medical care.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: healthcare

1 posted on 02/22/2010 9:39:58 AM PST by justlittleoleme
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To: justlittleoleme

That explains why I keep scratching the back of my neck with my foot...


2 posted on 02/22/2010 9:44:53 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: justlittleoleme

I was used in a medical experiment without my knowledge when I was in the Air Force. I had a hernia repaired by a military doctor and he tried an experimental surgery that wasn’t authorized or approved. The surgery was a disaster. It didn’t fix the hernia and it created a bunch of scar tissue. It also took over a year to heal.


3 posted on 02/22/2010 9:45:50 AM PST by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: justlittleoleme

Paging Dr. Mengele to King County...Dr Mengele...


4 posted on 02/22/2010 9:56:50 AM PST by hometoroost (I am not a crook, I did not have sex with that woman, and I am not an ideologue.)
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