Equipoise and the ethics of clinical research.
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Summary
An alternative concept of equipoise is suggested, which would be based on present or imminent controversy in the clinical community over the preferred treatment, which is satisfied if there is genuine uncertainty within the expert medical community--not necessarily on the part of the individual investigator--about the preferredreatment.
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- article
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- 1987-07-16
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- 2,260
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Keywords
Clinical equipoise, Medicine, Clinical trial, Research ethics, Preference
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