Placebos: Current clinical realities

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-65

  Sherman, Rachel ^a   Hickner, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; PLACEBO EFFECT; SPIRITUAL HEALING; SYMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; FAITH HEALING; HUMANS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; SYMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46449127218     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

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2. R. Sherman and J. Hickner, "Academic physicians use placebos in clinical practice and believe in the mind-body connection," Journal of General Internal Medicine 23 (2008): 7-10.
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7. See note 2 above.
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10. Goodwin, Goodwin, and Vogel, see note 3 above.
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13. See note 1 above.