WASHINGTON — The federal government is undertaking the most ambitious set of studies ever mounted under a controversial arrangement that allows researchers to conduct some kinds of medical experiments without first getting the patients’ permission.
EMS studies won’t seek patients’ OK
Researchers say new techniques will be used on unconscious people who can’t give consent.
Monday, May 28, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 6:01 a.m. CDT, Friday, July 18, 2008
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