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Clinical Use of Placebos

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Placebo Effects: The Meaning of Care in Medicine

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Deliberate use of placebos, defined as treatments without any effect as such, is usually considered unethical. The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association, for example, states that it “may undermine trust, compromise the patient–physician relationship, and result in medical harm to the patient” (AMA 2018).

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Louhiala, P. (2020). Clinical Use of Placebos. In: Placebo Effects: The Meaning of Care in Medicine. The International Library of Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27329-3_4

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