Bayesian Methods and Ethics in a Clinical Trial Design

Partial table of contents:

MAJOR ISSUES.

Ethically Optimizing Clinical Trials (K. Schaffner).

Admissibility of Treatment (N. Sedransk).

TEST CASE: VERAPAMIL/NITROPRUSSIDE.

The Mechanics of Conducting a Clinical Trial (E. Heitmiller &T. Blanck).

Issues of Statistical Design (N. Sedransk).

Operational History and Procedural Feasibility (J. Kadane).

Verapamil versus Nitroprusside: Results of the Clinical Trial I (J.Kadane & N. Sedransk).

Verapamil versus Nitroprusside: Results of the Clinical Trial II(E. Heitmiller, et al.).

OTHER ISSUES.

Author's Response to Commentaries I and II (D. Kairys).

EPILOGUE.

Epilogue (J. Kadane).

Indexes.