Powerful placebo: the dark side of the randomised controlled trial

Lancet. 1998 Jun 6;351(9117):1722-5. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)10111-8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Biomedical Research
  • Control Groups
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Ethics, Medical
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Paternalism
  • Placebo Effect*
  • Placebos
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / history*
  • Research Subjects
  • Risk Assessment

Substances

  • Placebos