This week there are a couple of related articles, one in bmj showing that half of doctors prescribe their patients placebos, and the other in Journal of Empirical Legal Studies showing that 23% of patients on statins were women without heart disease for whom there is no evidence of benefit.
The article in bmj described how 62% of doctors think is it OK to give placebos, and half of doctors do so on a regular basis. While only 2% reported...
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