The Paradoxical Placebo

American Journal of Bioethics 9 (12):17-20 (2009)
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Abstract

The problem is a simple one. A placebo is “a substance provided to a patient that the physician believes has no specific pharmacological effect upon the condition being treated” (AMA 2007). 1 But i...

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