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longfingers | 7 months ago

Having a control group in a life saving intervention study is a major ethical dilemma that isn't as simple as they would die if not in the study.. There's a lot of information about study ethics and it is more complex a subject than you imply.

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_heimdall|7 months ago

Is it in this case though? The study, and the related article, states that there is currently no approved treatment for the population. What is the harm in following a control group that would otherwise still go untreated?