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. 2023 Aug 8:17:11782218231191387.
doi: 10.1177/11782218231191387. eCollection 2023.

The Subject Is a Patient

Stephanie T Weiss  1
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The Subject Is a Patient

Stephanie T Weiss. Subst Abuse. .

Abstract

Although it is common in academic and government research settings to speak of study participants as "subjects," this perspective piece argues against doing so. In particular, the relationship of the study physician with study participants is unique and still retains many elements of the usual patient-physician relationship that exists in general clinical practice.

Keywords: Clinical research; patient-physician relationship; study participant.

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The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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