[Physicians who experimented on themselves: risk-taking among physicians and researchers].
Throughout history, we can find physicians and scientists who made important discoveries through self-experimentation or by risk-taking. Some were consciously exposed to plagues, some swallowed germs or chemicals and some put themselves in extreme physiological situations. Today, it seems that these stories are completely unnecessary: ethics, together with concrete controlled studies guidelines, suffice to avoid self-experimentations.
Ohry
Avi
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Reuth Medical Center, Tel Aviv. aohry@post.tau.ac.il
D032762:Autoexperimentation / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010820:Physicians; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*