Placebo blocks in local anaesthesia studies: The need for balance

Anaesthesia

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 390-392

  Laffey, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROL GROUP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL ETHICS; PLACEBO EFFECT; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VALIDITY;

HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79954452719     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06736.x     Document Type: Letter

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