Sham surgery and genuine standards of care: can the two be reconciled?

Am J Bioeth. 2003 Autumn;3(4):61-4. doi: 10.1162/152651603322614652.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Deception
  • Human Experimentation / ethics*
  • Human Experimentation / standards*
  • Humans
  • Moral Obligations
  • Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation / ethics
  • Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation / standards
  • Placebos*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / ethics*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / standards*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / ethics*
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / standards*

Substances

  • Placebos