Experimenting without consent
2020-04-11 20:27:29.998232+02 by Dan Lyke 2 comments
COVID-19 Patients Given Unproven Drug In Texas Nursing Home In 'Disconcerting' Move
He acknowledged that some families were not aware their relatives were put on the drug, saying that "for the most part," he consulted with each nursing home resident prior to giving them on the tablets.
While the "overwhelming majority of them are awake and alert and can actually have a conversation," Armstrong said some suffer from middle stages of dementia. In some cases, he did not discuss prescribing the tablets with anyone at all before doing so. He said it is common for physicians to prescribe new medications to patients without explicit consent from the patient or family members. "It's not required," he said.
Ignoring the fact that the "study" design is total crap, Cassandra, Irredeemable Pudgy Nobody @ChrisWarcraft points out that "We hanged Nazis for doing this."