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"Never been done before"--consultative issues in innovative therapies
1Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1759.
General Hospital Psychiatry
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
The transition of a medical or surgical procedure from impossible to standard therapy requires a stage of experimentation, during which research priorities must be balanced with the interests of the patient. This paper examines such a "first case," and the interpersonal and group dynamics that play a part in the choice of a specific patient to be the first to receive that procedure.