The ethics of using placebo in randomised controlled trials: a case study of a Plasmodium vivax antirelapse trial
Abstract Background The use of placebos in randomised controlled trials is a subject of considerable ethical debate. In this paper we present a set of considerations to evaluate the ethics of placebo controlled trials that includes: social value of the study; need for a randomised controlled trial a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-03-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Ethics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-018-0259-4 |