title: Not all placebos are the same: a debate on the ethics of placebo use in clinical trials versus clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Postoperative and Interventional Pain Program, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Surgical Intensive Care, Geneva University Hospital, 1211 Geneva 14, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cahana
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romagnioli
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D005194:Family Practice / Q000941:ethics*; D006381:Helsinki Declaration; D006801:Humans; D015918:Infusion Pumps, Implantable; D007278:Injections, Spinal / Q000379:methods; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015990:Placebo Effect; D010919:Placebos; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D036302:Therapeutic Human Experimentation
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos; D012965:Sodium Chloride