Placebo-controlled trials and the logic of clinical purpose

MeSH terms

• Control Groups
• Deception
• Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
• Ethical Analysis
• Ethics
• Human Experimentation*
• Humans
• Informed Consent
• Organizational Policy
• Pharmaceutical Preparations
• Physicians
• Placebos*
• Random Allocation
• Reference Standards
• Research Design*
• Risk
• Risk Assessment
• Societies
• United States Food and Drug Administration