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Clinical ethics
Prescribing placebos ethically: the appeal of negatively informed consent
- Dr D M Shaw, Dental School, Faculty of Medicine & Centre for Applied Ethics and Legal Philosophy, University of Glasgow, 378 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JZ; d.shaw{at}dental.gla.ac.uk
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Prescribing placebos ethically: the appeal of negatively informed consent
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- Received April 30, 2008
- Revised July 25, 2008
- Accepted August 14, 2008
- First published January 30, 2009.
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January 30, 2009
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2009 BMJ Publishing Group & Institute of Medical Ethics
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