title: Informed consent, the placebo effect, and the revenge of Thomas Percival.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Connecticut, USA. john.thomas@quinnipiac.edu
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D008192:Deception; D004739:England; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000266:history*; D005610:Freedom; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D015990:Placebo Effect