Uncertainty about clinical equipoise. Clinical equipoise and the uncertainty principles both require further scrutiny

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Equipoise is not synonymous with uncertainity.
Lilford RJ. Lilford RJ. BMJ. 2001 Sep 8;323(7312):574. BMJ. 2001. PMID: 11573494 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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