Delaying and withholding interventions: ethics and the stepped wedge trial

Ethics has been identified as a central reason for choosing the stepped wedge trial over other kinds of trial designs. The potential advantage of the stepped wedge design is that it provides all arms of the trial with the active intervention over the course of the study. Some groups receive it later...

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Main Author: Binik, Ariella (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2019
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 45, Issue: 10, Pages: 662-667
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