Placebo interventions in practice: A questionnaire survey on the attitudes of patients and physicians

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 583, 2011, Pages 101-107

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitude; Ethics; General practice; Patients; Physician patient relations; Physicians; Placebo effect; Placebos; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PLACEBOS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79957463259     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X556209     Document Type: Article

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