Is there a place for placebos in clinical practice? [4]

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 734-735

  Lim, E C H ^a   Wilder Smith, E P V ^a   Ong, B K C ^a   Seet, R C S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORALITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 29244468860     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00991.x     Document Type: Letter

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