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In recent years, placebos have evolved from a mean to control for ‘therapeutic chaff’ to something that has clinically relevant effects with biological underpinning and that is considered to have clinical as well as scientific potential.
J. Gaab+3 more
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Test anxiety is a condition in which people experience extreme distress and anxiety before and in test situations. It affects up to 40 percent of all students.
M. Schaefer+5 more
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Background In a systematic review and meta-analysis we summarize the available evidence on how frequently general practitioners/family physicians (GPs) use pure placebos (e.g., placebo pills) and non-specific therapies (sometimes referred to as impure ...
K. Linde+6 more
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BACKGROUND Placebo use is prevalent in primary care. A wealth of discourse on the ethical use of placebos in clinical contexts invariably assumes that placebos oblige practitioners to peddle in deception.
C. Blease
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Background Recent evidence indicates that placebo effects can occur even when patients know that they are taking a placebo, termed the open-label placebo effect. Aim To assess whether placebo dose (one pill per day vs.
Jason El Brihi, R. Horne, Kate Faasse
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Placebos as a Source of Agency: Evidence and Implications
Bioethical discussions surrounding the use of placebos in clinical practice have long revolved around the moral permissibility of deceiving a patient if it is likely to benefit them.
Phoebe Friesen
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Are Open‐Label Placebos Ethical? Informed Consent and Ethical Equivocations
The doctor-patient relationship is built on an implicit covenant of trust, yet it was not until the post-World War Two era that respect for patient autonomy emerged as an article of mainstream medical ethics.
C. Blease, L. Colloca, T. Kaptchuk
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Open-label Placebos for Wound Healing: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Background Open-label placebos are a novel treatment option, in which participants take placebos with full knowledge that they do not contain active medicine.
Ashwini Mathur+3 more
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Relieving pain using dose-extending placebos: a scoping review.
Placebos are often used by clinicians, usually deceptively and with little rationale or evidence of benefit, making their use ethically problematic. In contrast with their typical current use, a provocative line of research suggests that placebos can be ...
L. Colloca, P. Enck, D. DeGrazia
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A discursive exploration of public perspectives on placebos and their effects
There is increasing evidence that placebos could be effective in clinical practice. However, knowledge of public perspectives on placebos is underdeveloped.
Doug I Hardman+4 more
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