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What do we really know about the deliberate use of placebos in clinical practice?
- Correspondence to Dr Pekka Louhiala, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Vuorikatu 17 as 3, Hämeenlinna 13100, Finland; pekka.louhiala{at}helsinki.fi
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What do we really know about the deliberate use of placebos in clinical practice?
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- Received December 1, 2011
- Revised December 15, 2011
- Accepted January 17, 2012
- First published February 19, 2012.
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June 27, 2012
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