Applying evidence to support ethical decisions: is the placebo really powerless?.
Sci Eng Ethics
; 10(1): 119-32, 2004 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-14986778
ABSTRACT
Using placebos in day-to-day practice is an ethical problem. This paper summarises the available epidemiological evidence to support this difficult decision. Based on these data we propose to differentiate between placebo and "knowledge framing". While the use of placebo should be confined to experimental settings in clinical trials, knowledge framing--which is only conceptually different from placebo--is a desired, expected and necessary component of any doctor-patient encounter. Examples from daily practice demonstrate both, the need to investigate the effects of knowledge framing and its impact on ethical, medical, economical and legal decisions.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Placebos
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Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto
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Experimentação Humana Terapêutica
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sci Eng Ethics
Assunto da revista:
ETICA
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Alemanha