title: Sham surgery: to cut or not to cut--that is the ethical dilemma.
authors.affiliation: St. Joseph's University.
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D008192:Deception; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics; D010919:Placebos; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000941:ethics*; D036302:Therapeutic Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos