Placebo-controlled clinical trials: how trial documents justify the use of randomisation and placebo

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BMC Medical Ethics 16 (1):2 (2015)
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Randomised clinical trials involve procedures such as randomisation, blinding, and placebo use, which are not part of standard medical care. Patients asked to participate in RCTs often experience difficulties in understanding the meaning of these and their justification

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Empirical evidence against placebo controls.Sadhvi Batra & Jeremy Howick - 2017 - Journal of Medical Ethics 43 (10):707-713.

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