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Video

Dr. Robert Truog's Presentation: Ethical Conflicts in Randomized Controlled Trials

Presentation Recorded: March 9, 2009
Length: 46 minutes

Meet the Expert

Dr. Robert Truog Robert D. Truog, MD of Children's Hospital Boston
  • Executive Director, Institute for Professionalism & Ethical Practice
  • Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine
  • Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia
  • Professor of Anaesthesia (Pediatrics) and Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School
  • Director of Clinical Ethics, The Division of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School
  • Chair, Harvard Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee, Harvard Medical School
    Specialties: Anesthesiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine