Is equipoise a useful concept to justify RCTs in a different cultural context? A survey of clinicians in Pakistan in relation to an RCT of talking therapy for self-harm
Abstract:Background
Clinical equipoise, also defined as the uncertainty principle, is considered essential when recruiting subjects to a clinical trial. However, equipoise is threatened when clinicians are influenced by their own preferences. Little research has investigated equipoise in the context of trial recruitment.
Methods
This cross-sectional survey sought clinicians’ views about equipoise and individual treatment preferences in the context of moral justification for recruiting young people at risk of self-har… Show more
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