Informed consent : a guide to the risks and benefits of volunteering for clinical trials / Kenneth Getz & Deborah Borfitz ; with a foreword by Paul Gelsinger.

Boston, MA : CenterWatch, [2002], ©2002.

306 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Ch. 1 Clinical trials-a very human enterprise -- Ch. 2 Why people participate -- Ch. 3 Doing your homework -- Ch. 4 Giving your informed consent -- Ch. 5 Historical events that have shaped human subject protections -- Ch. 6 Vulnerable populations -- Ch. 7 What to do when things go wrong -- Ch. 8 Finding clinical trials -- Afterward -- App. A Glossary of terms -- App. B A history of regulations affecting patient protection in clinical research -- App. C World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki -- App. D The Belmont Report -- App. E 45 CFR 46 Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects -- App. G 21 CFR 50 Protection of Human Subjects -- App. H Form 1572 -- App. I Directory of health associations -- Directory of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies -- About the authors.