Are we keeping research participants safe enough?

On the Urgent Need for Successful Randomized Controlled Trials in Neurosciences

“…There is an ethical balance between the principles of individual autonomy and social justice. The balance in Canada has swung toward regulation to protect the individual 6 . We are well aware of past abuses in human experimentation and no one questions the need for serious and substantial safeguards for patient protection, but many feel that changes in regulations are urgently needed.…”