What trial participants need to be told about placebo effects to give informed consent: A survey to establish existing knowledge among patients with back pain

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 867-870

  Hughes, John ^a   Greville Harris, Maddy ^b   Graham, Cynthia A ^b   Lewith, George ^c   White, Peter ^b   Bishop, Felicity L ^b  

^a UCL Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Informed consent; Patient perspective

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACKACHE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; NOCEBO EFFECT; PLACEBO EFFECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ETHICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCEBO EFFECT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026668712     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2016-103964     Document Type: Article

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