US Doctors Use Placebo Treatments But Don't Always Inform Patients "Placebo treatments" are regularly prescribed by rheumatologists and internal
medicine physicians, often without admitting the intention to the patients, according to a study released on October 24, 2008 on BMJ Online. Placebo treatments are highly criticized because they require some deception on the part of the doctor, which ethically violates patients' rights to autonomy.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
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