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. 2000 Sep 23;321(7263):756-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.756.

For and against: clinical equipoise and not the uncertainty principle is the moral underpinning of the randomised controlled trial

C Weijer  1 , S H Shapiro, K Cranley Glass
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For and against: clinical equipoise and not the uncertainty principle is the moral underpinning of the randomised controlled trial

C Weijer et al. BMJ. .
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