What is it about?
Argues that the use of placebo run-ins involves a covert rather than agreed deception of patients and may be unethical. It also queries whether such a device is practically useful.
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Provides a clear analysis of the ethical issues involved.
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This page is a summary of: Are placebo run ins justified?, BMJ, April 1997, BMJ,
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7088.1191.
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