Placebos: Our most effective therapy?

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Holbrook, Anne ^a   Goldsmith, Charlie ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

HUMANS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33644824210     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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