Investigative Press Reports
Aug. 7, 2002: Los Angeles Times. UC Seeks to Ease Curbs on Patient Research, by Charles Ornstein and Rebecca Trounson http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-me-uc7aug07.story?coll=la%2Dhealth%2Dmedicine
SPECIAL REPORT : Experiments on Humans, San Francisco Chronicle
August 4, 2002: Business of clinical trials soars, but risks unknown Medical studies give new hope to patients, yet. By Tom Abate http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/08/04/MN178017.DTL
Aug. 5, 2002:Rules for clinical trials are confusing, inconsistent No single agency regulates medical research on humans, putting millions of volunteers at risk. By Tom Abate. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/08/05/MN47420.DTL
Aug. 6, 2002: A split verdict on clinical trials Studies offer hope — and raise a series of ethical questions. By Bernadette Tansey. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/08/06/MN173248.DTL
July 28, 2002: Patients’ rights : Doctors improperly got consent for study, feds say. By Bernadette Tansey. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/07/28/MN119229.DTL