The Following Questions for Readings: "A Response to a Purported

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Multiple Choice

The Following Questions For Readings: "A Response to a Purported Ethical Difficulty with Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Cancer Patients," Benjamin Freedman
-Freedman says that true equipoise depends on

• A) genuine disagreement in the medical community about a treatment's value based on informed intuition.
• B) genuine disagreement in the medical community about a treatment's value based on a lack of good evidence from randomized clinical trials.
• C) uncertainty in society about effective treatments.
• D) disagreements about efficacy among medical journalists.

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