University of Pennsylvania
Methods to reduce exposure of subjects to placebo treatments outlined
Published in Drug Law Weekly, August 30th, 2005
According to a study from the United States, "The ethics of pill placebo and placebo psychotherapy conditions in clinical research are controversial. Even when not life threatening, mental disorders dramatically diminish the quality of life. Pill-placebo conditions in drug treatment research have been justified on the grounds that a placebo versus standard drug comparison is necessary to test the quality of the study, viz., the assay sensitivity method."
"The assay sensitivity method of...
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Source: Drug Law Weekly (2005-08-30)
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