Casting and drawing lots: a time honoured way of dealing with uncertainty and ensuring fairness
Van Helmont's point was that when uncertainty and disputes exist about the relative merits of alternative treatments, fair comparisons would result from allowing chance to decide who should receive which treatments. Examples of the adoption of this principle in practice (by using alternate allo...
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| description | Van Helmont's point was that when uncertainty and disputes exist about the relative merits of alternative treatments, fair comparisons would result from allowing chance to decide who should receive which treatments. Examples of the adoption of this principle in practice (by using alternate allocation to different treatments) began to appear at least as early as the 19th century.' |
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