Healthy Skepticism Library item: 13893

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Publication type: Journal Article

Kuehn BM.
Companies’ Use of Web to Recruit Patients for Studies Brings Opportunities, Risks
JAMA 2008 Jun 18; 299:(23):2733
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/299/23/2733

Abstract:

Pharmaceutical companies are outsourcing the recruitment of patients for some clinical trials to companies that use Web
sites for the purpose of collecting personal and medical data on prospective participants and screening them for
suitability. But some critics of the practice are concerned that the tactics being used may put patient privacy or the
integrity of clinical research at risk.