Placebo - More hatred than love
2011 ◽
Vol 02
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pp. 105-107
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ABSTRACTA placebo is a sham medical intervention that can produce a placebo eff ect. Laboratory evidence supports the existence of several mechanisms of placebo eff ects in both healthy population and patients with a variety of medical conditions. The ethics of placebos have long been debated. However, accumulating ethical concern has arisen from the worldwide use of placebo in randomized control trials (RCTs), which may render their participants without early and optimal treatment. Although the pilgrimage of placebo is still on the way, refi nement of controls in RCTs is worth paying new attention to.
2012 ◽
Vol 50
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pp. 103-114
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2019 ◽
Vol 38
(1)
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pp. 22-37
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2007 ◽
Vol 119
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pp. S208