How much of invasive clinical research is still ethically justified?

[...]the presently discussed studies, similar to previous reports from China in which LP were used in glaucoma and ocular hypertension patients, raise a general ethical concern and question: how much invasive procedure could we propose to the patient in clinical research settings (with no therapeuti...

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Published inBritish journal of ophthalmology Vol. 96; no. 8; pp. 1145 - 1146
Main Author Grzybowski, Andrzej
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DOI10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-301832

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Abstract [...]the presently discussed studies, similar to previous reports from China in which LP were used in glaucoma and ocular hypertension patients, raise a general ethical concern and question: how much invasive procedure could we propose to the patient in clinical research settings (with no therapeutic context of the procedure as it was in both cases)?
AbstractList [...]the presently discussed studies, similar to previous reports from China in which LP were used in glaucoma and ocular hypertension patients, raise a general ethical concern and question: how much invasive procedure could we propose to the patient in clinical research settings (with no therapeutic context of the procedure as it was in both cases)?
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SubjectTerms Cerebrospinal Fluid - physiology
Electrophysiology
Ethics
Female
glaucoma
Human subjects
Humans
Informed consent
Low Tension Glaucoma - diagnostic imaging
Low Tension Glaucoma - physiopathology
Male
medical education
Myelin Sheath - diagnostic imaging
Optic Disk - diagnostic imaging
optic nerve
Optic Nerve - diagnostic imaging
Optic Nerve - physiopathology
Patients
retina
Studies
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
Title How much of invasive clinical research is still ethically justified?
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