The Emergence of the Randomized, Controlled Trial.
N Engl J Med. 2016 Aug 11;375(6):501-504
Authors: Bothwell LE, Podolsky SH
Abstract
Randomized, controlled trials date back much farther than is usually recognized, and their history offers insights into the intellectual and social forces shaping what would become a medical research standard and a mechanism for taming the therapeutic marketplace.
PMID: 27509097 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]