Therapeutic Misconception in Clinical Research: What Is It and Why Should We Care?
February 9, 2023
12:15 PM Eastern Time, Virtual
"This lecture will define the concept of therapeutic misconception in clinical research, review the empirical data regarding its prevalence, and analyze whether and when it threatens the validity of informed consent. Speaker: Steven Joffe, MD, MPH, Art and Ilene Penn Professor, Chair, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Moderators: Melissa E. Abraham, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Course Instructor in Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School; Rebecca Li, PhD, Board Member and Executive Director, Vivli."