title: Medicine's continuing quest for an excuse to avoid relationships with patients.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1311, USA. habrody@utmb.edu
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brody
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D008192:Deception; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004645:Empathy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D015990:Placebo Effect; D010919:Placebos; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000941:ethics; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D012449:Safety; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos