4.2. Altruism and Clinical Trials
cancer, dementia, chronic disease
CANCER, CHRONIC DISEASE
Altruism is considered be another important driver of clinical trial participation. Altruism is an ethical value that participants use to justify their participation. People who participate in clinical trials do so because they want to help others with a similar condition through research. This hypothesis was demonstrated in several cancer, dementia, and chronic disease trials where a majority of participants expressed that altruism was the primary driver for participant enrollment in a clinical trial [