title: Conflict of interest: it is ethical for an investigator to also be the primary care-giver in a clinical trial.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Joint Centerfor Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. mark.bernstein@uhn.on.ca
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernstein
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000941:ethics*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000941:ethics*; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000941:ethics*