title: Placebo surgery for Parkinson's disease: do the benefits outweigh the risks?
authors.affiliation: Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D035061:Control Groups; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D016332:Fetal Tissue Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D010358:Patient Participation; D018579:Patient Selection; D028723:Personhood; D015990:Placebo Effect; D010919:Placebos / Q000592:standards*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012935:Social Justice; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000166:cytology / Q000637:transplantation; D036302:Therapeutic Human Experimentation; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos