title: Strengthening Howick's argument against the alleged superiority of placebo-controlled trials.
authors.affiliation: Dental Ecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. stuart rennie@dentistry.unc.edu
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rennie
authors.forename: Til
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stürmer
mesh_terms: D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods*; D017277:Drug Approval; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D010919:Placebos; D012107:Research Design; D035844:Researcher-Subject Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos