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Is It Always Unethical to Use a Placebo in a Clinical Trial?
Background to the debate: Placebos are used in trials to conceal whether a treatment is being given or not and hence to control for the psychosomatic effects of offering treatment. Placebo-controlled trials are controversial. Critics of such trials argue that if a proven effective therapy exists, a...
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| Formato: | Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2005
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1069666/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15783259 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020072 |