When is a placebo effect not an effect?
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When is a placebo effect not an effect?
It is often stated, paradoxically, that a treatment is not effective when trials have shown a placebo effect. This should be rephrased 'that the tested treatment is not more effective than the placebo' if we are not to confuse ourselves and the public in the current debate on complementary and alternative medicine.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1470-2118,1473-4893
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.7-5-450