Yesterday (1/28) there was an article with the headline "Fake Surgeries
stir Debate" which begins "In a study that has stirred debate among
medical ethicists, doctors are recruiting Chicago area Parkinson patients
for a clinical trial inolving fake surgeries. The trial will include
18 PD patients from Rush-Pres-St.Luke's Med Ctr in Chi and 18 from Mt.
Sinai Med Ctr in NY. Patients will undeergo surgery at a Florida
hospital. Two-thirds of the patients will receive injections of fetal
brain tissues through two tiny holes drilled in the skull. The remaining
patients will get placebo surgery.....The study is one of at least 3 trials
of PD patients involving placebo surgeries."
This is followed by a brief pro and con discussion among ethicists.
In general, it is is positive article under a negative headline.