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sjones

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Marcia Angell emphasizes that an essential ethical condition for a randomized clinical
  trial of two medical treatments is that
 
  a. the disease being studied must be a life-threatening disease.
  b. those conducting the research must have no financial interest in the outcome.
  c. there is no good reason to think that one treatment is superior to the other.
  d. both treatments must be known to be safe.
  e. the trial be organized as a double-blind experiment.

Question 2

McCaffery maintains that leaving wealth to one's children
 
  a. should be the personal choice of the wealthy.
  b. is psychologically bad for the children, and is very likely to cause them damage.
  c. is in fact the most effective means of motivating one's children to work hard and
  accomplish much.
  d. is psychologically healthy for the children so long as the wealth is distributed
  evenly.
  e. deprives the community of its fair share of that accumulated wealth.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a



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