Reviewing the unsubstantiated claims for the methodological superiority of 'placebo' over 'active' controlled trials: reply to open peer commentaries

Am J Bioeth. 2009 Sep;9(9):W5-7. doi: 10.1080/15265160903149417.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic / ethics*
  • Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic / methods*
  • Ethics, Clinical
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Ethics, Research
  • Humans
  • Moral Obligations*
  • Nervous System Diseases / drug therapy
  • Physician-Patient Relations / ethics*
  • Placebo Effect*
  • Placebos* / administration & dosage
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / ethics
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / methods
  • Research Design*
  • Research Subjects / psychology
  • Researcher-Subject Relations / ethics*
  • Sample Size
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Placebos