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Deliberate use of placebos in clinical practice: what we really know
- Correspondence to Dr Amir Raz, Duff Medical Building, #103 at the Montreal Neurological Institute, 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada; amir.raz{at}mcgill.ca
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Deliberate use of placebos in clinical practice: what we really know
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- Received March 30, 2012
- Accepted March 31, 2012
- First published May 28, 2012.
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July 30, 2016
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