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Originally posted by Sir Byronas:
You said "volunteer" if I am not mistaken MagiK.
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Keep in mind that while the best case scenario is that the patient is fully informed and knows exactly the risks and their own situation should they take/not take the experimental medication, so they WOULD be truly volunteering, there would often be situations where they were not capable of making fully informed voluntary consent, their doctor does not give them complete information, or has a stake in the experimental medication which would prompt them to suggest their trying it with a more positive slant than if they were completely objective, or the patient was not fully aware of their own chances of recovery/living. I suppose then given that my answer would be no, at least as Willow said until a degree of certainty as to the safety of the treatment has been established.