The ethics of randomised controlled trials: A matter of statistical belief?

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-102

  Hutton, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HISTORY; MEDICAL ETHICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ALTERNATIVES; AUTONOMY; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTROL GROUPS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

BAYES THEOREM; CONTROL GROUPS; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS;

EID: 0029898882     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1042(199605)4:2<95::AID-HCA146>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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