Clinical relevance and ethical aspects of placebos

Seminars in Pain Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 7-14

  Kupers, Ron ^a   Marchand, Serge ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical pain; Ethics; Experimental pain; Methodology; Placebo; Review

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DRUG; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALGESIA; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL ETHICS; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTPARTUM PAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNCOPE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15944422168     PISSN: 15375897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmd.2005.02.002     Document Type: Review

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