What it takes to defend deceptive placebo use

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-250

  Barnhill, Anne ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054896646     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: 10863249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.2011.0015     Document Type: Article

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