Why the ethical justification of randomized clinical trials is a scientific question.

J Clin Epidemiol

Departments of Neuroscience and Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Department of Philosophy, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.

Published: May 2018

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