What is the placebo worth?

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7651, 2008, Pages 967-968

  Spiegel, David ^a   Harrington, Anne ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IRRITABLE COLON; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROIMAGING; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHYSICIAN; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WELLBEING;

HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS;

EID: 43249117660     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39535.344201.BE     Document Type: Editorial

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