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The Ethics of Using Complementary Medicine in Pediatric Oncology Trials: Reconciling Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Amy S. Porter  and
Eric Kodish
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Abstract

Medication reconciliation for pediatric oncology patientparticipants enrolled in clinical trials often reveals the use of chemical complementary medicine alongside protocol therapeutic agents. Considering the blurry delineation between clinical ethics and research ethics, this paper demonstrates how complementary medicine-related protocol violations introduce ethical questions of who should be included and excluded from clinical trials and offers recommendations on how to manage physician-patient-family interactions around these challenging issues.

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Symposium Articles
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 46 , Issue 1: The Future of Informed Consent in Research & Translational Medicine: A Century of Law, Ethics & Innovation , Spring 2018 , pp. 64 - 71
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2018

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