Why do open-label placebos work? A randomized controlled trial of an open-label placebo induction with and without extended information about the placebo effect in allergic rhinitis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Several studies demonstrated that placebo treatment may have a significant impact on many different symptoms. While in the traditional view concealment of the placebo is essential, recent studies report intriguing evidence that placebos may work even ...
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Strengthening the ethical assessment of placebo-controlled surgical trials : three proposals [PDF]
, 2014 Peer reviewedPublisher ...
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Different Placebos, Different Mechanisms, Different Outcomes: Lessons for Clinical Trials. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Clinical trials use placebos with the assumption that they are inert, thus all placebos are considered to be equal. Here we show that this assumption is wrong and that different placebo procedures are associated to different therapeutic rituals which, in
Fabrizio Benedetti, Sara Dogue
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A discursive exploration of public perspectives on placebos and their effects
Health Psychology Open, 2019 There is increasing evidence that placebos could be effective in clinical practice. However, knowledge of public perspectives on placebos is underdeveloped.
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The use of pure and impure placebo interventions in primary care - a qualitative approach
BMC Family Practice, 2011 Background Placebos play an important role in clinical trials and several surveys have shown that they are also common in daily practice. Previous research focused primarily on the frequency of placebo use in outpatient care.
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Placebos and Medical Education
McGill Journal of Medicine, 2020 N ...
Amir Raz, Daniella Guindi
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Placebo Trends across the Border: US versus Canada. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Physicians around the world report to using placebos in a variety of situations and with varying degrees of frequency. Inconsistent methodologies, however, complicate interpretation and prevent direct comparisons across studies.
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BMC Psychiatry, 2020 Background The issue of unblinded outcome-assessors and patients has repeatedly been stressed as a flaw in allegedly double-blind antidepressant trials. Unblinding bias can for example result from a drug‘s marked side effects.
Lisa Holper, Michael P. Hengartner
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Unethical informed consent caused by overlooking poorly measured nocebo effects [PDF]
, 2020 Unlike its friendly cousin the placebo effect, the nocebo effect (the effect of expecting a negative outcome) has been almost ignored. Epistemic and ethical confusions related to its existence have gone all but unnoticed.
Howick, Jeremy
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Unethical aspects of homeopathic dentistry [PDF]
, 2010 In the last year there has been a great deal of public debate about homeopathy, the system of alternative medicine whose main principles are that like cures like and that potency increases relative to dilution.
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