The role of the placebo in clinical practice

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-216

  Lichtenberg, Pesach ^a,b  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; OPIATE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR; VITAMIN;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLACEBO EFFECT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 63049097519     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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