title: A clinical trial in general practice. Part 1: Report and comments.
abstract: Clinical trials are used to test drug therapy but the principles of a trial may be applied to the assessment of any treatment (although the essential formality of a trial might confuse and irritate a general practitioner involved as a participant or reader of results). This is the first of two articles which aim to reconcile the theory of formal clinical trials and the practice of medicine.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007741:Labetalol / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010919:Placebos
chemical_list: D004983:Ethanolamines; D010919:Placebos; D007741:Labetalol