Placebos and medical education

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-226

  Raz, Amir ^a   Guindi, Daniella ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 63049130189     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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