Journal article
Unethical informed consent caused by overlooking poorly measured nocebo effects
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Unlike its friendly cousin the placebo effect, the nocebo effect (the effect of expecting a negative outcome) has been almost ignored. Epistemic and ethical confusions related to its existence have gone all but unnoticed. Contrary to what is often asserted, adverse events following from taking placebo interventions are not necessarily nocebo effects; they could have arisen due to natural history. Meanwhile, ethical informed consent (in clinical trials and clinical practice) has centred almost...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1136/medethics-2019-105903
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- BMJ Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Medical Ethics Journal website
- Volume:
- 47
- Issue:
- 9
- Pages:
- 590-594
- Publication date:
- 2020-02-16
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-01-13
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1473-4257
- ISSN:
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0306-6800
- Pmid:
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32063581
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1088111
- Local pid:
- pubs:1088111
- Deposit date:
- 2020-04-22
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- Copyright holder:
- Howick.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from BMJ at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2019-105903
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