Rehabilitating equipoise

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-118

  Miller, Paul B ^a   Weijer, Charles ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC OPINION; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0141516718     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.2003.0014     Document Type: Review

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