The use of pure and impure placebo interventions in primary care - A qualitative approach

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fent, Rahel ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Fässler, Margrit ^a   Senn, Oliver ^a   Huber, Carola A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79953110445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-11     Document Type: Article

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