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Eight studies on placebos indexed in PubMed

1. Goldberg RJ, Leigh H, Quinlan D. The current status of placebo in hospital practice. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1979;1:196-201.
2. Gray G, Flynn P. A survey of placebo use in a general hospital. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1981;3:199-203.
3. Thomson RJ, Buchanan WJ. Placebos and general practice: attitudes to, and the use of, the placebo effect. N Z Med J 1982;95:492-4.
4. Shapiro AK, Struening E. Defensiveness in the definition of placebo. Compr Psychiatry 1973;14:107-20.
5. Hofling CK. The place of placebos in medical practice. G.P. 1955;11:103-7.
6. Hrobjartsson A, Norup M. The use of placebo interventions in medical practice--a national questionnaire survey of Danish clinicians. Eval Health Prof. 2003;26:153-65.
7. Berger JT. Placebo medication use in patient care: a survey of medical interns. West J Med 1999;170:93-6.
8. Lynoe N, Mattsson B, Sandlund M. The attitudes of patients and physicians towards placebo treatment--a comparative study. Soc Sci Med 1993;36:767-74.

 

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