Equipoise, ethics, and the necessity of randomized trials in surgery

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 899-900

  Adibe, Obinna O ^a   St Peter, Shawn D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EQUIPOISE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; SURGERY;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; THERAPEUTIC EQUIPOISE;

EID: 84867655632     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.1796     Document Type: Note

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