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Clinical ethics
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The principle of parity: the ‘placebo effect’ and physician communication
- Correspondence to Dr Charlotte Blease, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University, 21 University Square, BT9 6TQ Belfast, UK; cblease02{at}qub.ac.uk
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The principle of parity: the ‘placebo effect’ and physician communication
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- Received August 11, 2011
- Revised September 27, 2011
- Accepted September 29, 2011
- First published November 2, 2011.
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March 20, 2012
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