Physicians should declare financial incentives for recruiting minority ethnic patients into clinical trials

Arch G Mainous 3rd

doi:10.1136/bmj.g2985

Physicians should declare financial incentives for recruiting minority ethnic patients into clinical trials

BMJ. 2014 May 7:348:g2985. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g2985.

Author

Arch G Mainous 3rd¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy and Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, PO Box 100195, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.

Abstract

Mistrust may explain why non-white people are under-represented in clinical trials despite apparent willingness. Arch G Mainous III suggests doctors who recruit such patients should

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Clinical Trials as Topic*
Disclosure*
Ethnicity*
Humans
Minority Groups*
Motivation*
Patient Selection*
Physician-Patient Relations*
Trust

Grants and funding

5U24MD006941-03/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States