Should we reconsider the routine use of placebo controls in clinical research?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Modern clinical-research practice favors placebo controls over usual-care controls whenever a credible placebo exists. An unrecognized consequence of this preference is that clinicians are more limited in their ability to provide the...

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Main Authors: Avins Andrew L, Cherkin Daniel C, Sherman Karen J, Goldberg Harley, Pressman Alice
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/13/1/44