Revisiting the Sham: Is It all Smoke and Mirrors?
The misuse of sham controls in examining the efficacy or effectiveness of Complementary and Alternative Medicine has created numerous problems. The theoretical justification for incorporating a sham is questionable. The sham does not improve our control of bias and leads to relativistic data that, i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
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Series: | Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/neq074 |