The Virtues of Being Blind

2016/01/02 by Sandy Zabell · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Mental Health and Psychiatry #Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices

paper · doi:10.1080/09332480.2016.1156363

openalex publication_date 2016/01/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

The “gold standard” for a well-designed experiment is the double-blind, randomized controlled study. A classic example is the 1954 Salk polio vaccine trial, which involved more than a million young...

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