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Updated Declaration of Helsinki
Appropriate statistical methods are necessary for ethical medical research
BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r3 (Published 07 January 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r3
- Nicole M White, associate professor,
- Adrian Barnett, professor
- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia
- nm.white{at}qut.edu.au
As medical statisticians, we welcome revisions to the Declaration of Helsinki emphasising the importance of appropriate methods to reduce research waste.1
The declaration now states that rigorous study design and execution are essential to avoid research waste (principle 21). Thirty years ago, Doug Altman urged the medical community to conduct “less research, better research, and research done for the right reasons.” …
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