Use of placebo interventions among Swiss primary care providers

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fässler, Margrit ^a   Gnädinger, Markus ^a,b   Rosemann, Thomas ^b   Biller Andorno, Nikola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SHAM PROCEDURE; SUBURBAN AREA; SWITZERLAND; URBAN AREA; ADULT; DRUG THERAPY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS;

PLACEBO;

ADULT; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PLACEBOS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 69449089065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-144     Document Type: Article

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