2026 / 02

DOI: 10.24075/medet.2026.011
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Placebo and the double standard of care in clinical trials: when inequality becomes an ethical premise using inequality as an ethical justification

Gidirim UO , Beliaeva AM
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Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Anastasia M Beliaeva
Ostrovityanova St., 1, Moscow, 117997, Russia; moc.liamg@ztivonerug

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Author contribution: Gidirim UO — concept development and text writing, Beliaeva AM — writing and editing.

Received: 2026-03-13 Accepted: 2026-04-20 Published online: 2026-05-21
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