HOW PEOPLE USE WEB-BASED PARENTING INFORMATION TO SUPPORT OTHERS IN THEIR SOCIAL CIRCLE: QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

How People Use Web-Based Parenting Information to Support Others in Their Social Circle: Qualitative Descriptive Study

BackgroundAlmost two-thirds of the North American population have searched for health information on the web, and the majority report searching on behalf of someone else in their social circle, a phenomenon referred to as proxy seeking.Little is known about how proxy seekers use web-based health information and the outcomes they experience.Objectiv

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Ethical issues in pragmatic randomized controlled trials: a review of the recent literature identifies gaps in ethical argumentation

Abstract Background Pragmatic randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are designed to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in real-world clinical conditions.However, these studies raise ethical issues for researchers and regulators.Our objective is to identify a list of key ethical issues in pragmatic RCTs and highlight gaps in the ethics litera

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