Are concerns about the ethics of placebos a stalking horse for other issues?

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 17-19

  Healy, David ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CONTROL GROUPS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUICIDE;

EID: 0036516743     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/152651602317533569     Document Type: Note

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