Placebo and placebo effects: Practical considerations, ethical concerns

American Family Physician

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1316-1318

  Giordano, James ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PLACEBO;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; ETHICS; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; NOTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ARTICLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PLACEBO EFFECT;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS;

EID: 45549090072     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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