title: Placebo prescriptions are missed opportunities for doctor-patient communication.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. yael.schenker@ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Schenker
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lo
mesh_terms: D003139:Common Cold / Q000188:drug therapy; D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000628:therapy; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D015990:Placebo Effect; D010919:Placebos; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000941:ethics; D035501:Uncertainty
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos