Reframing placebo in research and practice

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1572, 2011, Pages 1896-1904

  Jonas, Wayne B ^a,b  

^a SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Meaning; Placebo

Indexed keywords

DRUG; LABORATORY METHOD; NEUROLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PLACEBO EFFECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LEARNING; PLACEBO EFFECT; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79956367507     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0405     Document Type: Article

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