Treatment choice and placebo expectation effects

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 734-750

  Geers, Andrew ^a   Rose, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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EID: 80053502776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00385.x     Document Type: Review

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