(from the article `therapeutics`) ...the possibility of bias on the part of the patient who wants the drug to work and the bias of the physician who may expect a certain outcome and ...
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/69
In a double-blind trial patients who have a particular set of conditions are randomly allocated to one of several alternative treatments. One treatment is a placebo that is a tablet that has no active ingredient, thus giving a control group.
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20541
Trial where neither the doctor nor the patient know which treatment the patient is having. This is done to try to prevent bias affecting the trial results.
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https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20753
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