Clinical Research Discipline

A Clinical Research Discipline is a life science research discipline that focuses on clinical research tasks to produce clinical evidence.

• Context:
  • It can involve:
    • Clinical Research Education, that can produce Clinical Research Practitioners of the Clinical Research Practice.
    • Clinical Research Academic Literature, such as Clinical Research Journals and Clinical Research Textbooks.
  • It can propose Clinical Research Concepts (using a clinical research terminology).
  • It can support the Theory of Fundamental Laws that govern all Clinical Evidences.
  • It can be supported by a Clinical Research Research Community.
  • It can range from being a Applied Clinical Research to being a Theoretical Clinical Research.
  • It can be supported by a Biomedical Academic Discipline.
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• Example(s):
  • Clinical Trial Discipline (for clinical trials).
  • Animal Testing Discipline (for animal testing).
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Clinical Discovery.
  • Clinical Practice.
  • Computing Science Discipline.
• See: Clinical Research Study.

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Refereces

2013

• (Hulley et al., 2013) ⇒ Stephen B. Hulley, Steven R. Cummings, Warren S. Browner, Deborah G. Grady, and Thomas B. Newman. (2013). “Designing Clinical Research: Fourth Edition.” Wolters Kluwer Health. ISBN: 9781469840543

2012

• (Gallin & Ognibene, 2012) => John I. Gallin, and Frederick P. Ognibene, eds. "Principles and Practice of Clinical Research." Academic Press, 2012.

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