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. 2005 Sep;2(9):e262.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020262. Epub 2005 Sep 6.

Deception in research on the placebo effect

Franklin G Miller  1 , David Wendler, Leora C Swartzman
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Deception in research on the placebo effect

Franklin G Miller et al. PLoS Med. 2005 Sep.

Abstract

A common feature of research investigating the placebo effect is deception of research participants about the nature of the research. Miller and colleagues examine the ethical issues surrounding such deception.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

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Deception of research participants is considered necessary to understanding the placebo effect—but has received little ethical attention
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Comment in

  • Placebo: physician, heal thyself.
    Kumar A, Kumar CJ. Kumar A, et al. PLoS Med. 2005 Nov;2(11):e388. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020388. Epub 2005 Nov 29. PLoS Med. 2005. PMID: 16288561 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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