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Ethics
Placebo-Controlled Trials: A Moral Issue?
September 3rd, 2000
The World Medical Association is debating the next revision of the Declaration of Helsinki, which covers issues surrounding using patients in medical trials. The Education and Debate section of the August 10, 2000, issue of the British Medical Journal carries for and against arguments over the morality of carrying out placebo-controlled trials when there is an existing accepted treatment for a condition. In a placebo-controlled trial involving patients, some individuals receive the treatment under test, and others are given a placebo, a chemically-inert substance given in place of a drug. Kenneth Rothman and Karin...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2000-09-03)
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