SA Press
My latest book "TRIAL by FIRE" is now available and can be purchased below
TRIAL by FIRE
Lessons from the History of Clinical Trials
by Allan Gaw
£7.99 + p&p £2.00
Paperback: 100 pages
Publisher: SA Press (1 Sep 2009)
ISBN-10: 0956324207
ISBN-13: 978-0956324207
"What can we learn from the past that may be relevant to modern clinical research? In this book Dr Allan Gaw draws on the experience of two decades working in clinical trials to show how the past can illuminate the present and help us understand our current position. In a series of intriguing stories that take us from Babylon and Ancient Egypt, to Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries, and on to the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, and the US in the 60s and 70s, he demonstrates the origins of randomisation and blinding in clinical trials; the importance of consent, trust and codes of ethical practice; and the crucial importance of publication. And he shows us where it may have all begun."
Available for Order Now
£7.99 + p&p £2.00
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Reviews
"[In] this excellent little book… at the end of each chapter, a conclusion highlights precisely how the incidents of the past are linked to the practices of the present…"
"…anyone moving into a career in clinical research would find it an excellent introduction to why we do things in the way that we do"
Andrew Smith
Editor, CRFocus Oct 2009