Bayesian Methods and Ethics in a Clinical Trial Design Kadane Hardback

Bayesian Methods and Ethics in a Clinical Trial DesignAuthor(s): Joseph B. Kadane\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: Wiley-Interscience\nISBN-13: 9780471846802, 978-0471846802\nSynopsis\nHow to conduct clinical trials in an ethical and scientificallyresponsible manner\n This book presents a methodology for clinical trials that producesimproved health outcomes for patients while obtaining sound andunambiguous scientific data. It centers around a real-world testcase--involving a treatment for hypertension after open heartsurgery--and explains how to use Bayesian methods to accommodateboth ethical and scientific imperatives.\n The book grew out of the direct involvement in the project by adiverse group of experts in medicine, statistics, philosophy, andthe law. Not only do they contribute essays on the scientific,technological, legal, and ethical aspects of clinical trials, butthey also critique and debate each other's opinions, creating ani.