Open label placebo: can honestly prescribed placebos evoke meaningful therapeutic benefits?

BMJ. 2018 Oct 2:363:k3889. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k3889.

Abstract

Results from small clinical trials suggesting that placebos can be ethically and effectively used in clinical practice warrant further study, argue Ted Kaptchuk and Franklin Miller

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Placebo Effect*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / ethics*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic