Control and the Therapeutic Trial. Rhetoric and Experimentation in Britain, 1918-48. (Clio Medica 82). (Clio Medica)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Editions Rodopi BV.
Published: November 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9789042022737
Subjects: British & Irish history: from c 1900 -; History of medicine; Medical; British Isles; History / Europe; History
Description: Examines the development of the randomised controlled trial from the eclectic collection of methodologies available to practitioners in the early-twentieth century. In particular, it explores the British Medical Research Council s (MRC) exploitation of the term controlled to help establish its own controlled trials as the gold standard for therapeutic evaluation, and, ultimately, the MRC itself as the proper authority to adjudicate on therapeutic efficacy.