title: At your own risk. Some patients join clinical trials out of desperation, others to help medicine advance. Who is to blame if they get sick--or even die?
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Lemonick
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D018579:Patient Selection; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012449:Safety; D015871:Scientific Misconduct; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States