Pain and the placebo in physiotherapy: A benevolent lie?

Physiotherapy

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 631-637

  Simmonds, Maureen J ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethics; Pain; Placebo; Treatment expectations

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARE AND CARING; CONDITIONING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ERROR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034437761     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)61299-0     Document Type: Article

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