RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 What is a medical experiment? JF Canadian Medical Association Journal JO CMAJ FD Canadian Medical Association SP 635 OP 639 VO 113 IS 7 A1 Dickens, B. M. YR 1975 UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/113/7/635.abstract AB Innovative therapy may appear to coincide with medical experimentation, raising ethical and legal issues, for instance on informed consent and institutional review. Medical treatments may be classified, however, to distinquish novel procedures from experimentation.