Sham surgery Clinical trials like the Parkinsons disease
Chapter 6, Problem 6.59(choose chapter or problem)
Sham surgery? Clinical trials like the Parkinsons disease study cited at the beginning of this section are becoming more common. One medical researcher says, Th is is just the beginning. Tomorrow, if you have a new procedure, you will have to do a double-blind placebo trial.33 Arguments for and against testing surgery just as drugs are tested are given on page 293. When would you allow sham surgery in a clinical trial of a new surgery?
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