Ethical Off-label Drug use: Need for a Rethink?
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چکیده
Off-label drug use is unavoidable, especially in children. Legal justice originates from ethical justice; therefore, ethical off-label drug use can be considered legal. We share our successful experiences with this issue in China, which may provide a reference to Indian healthcare professionals, to develop a common executable standard to be applied to evaluate the off-label drug use in clinical practice.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Indian pediatrics
دوره 54 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017