A SURVEY OF PLACEBO USE IN A GENERAL-HOSPITAL
A SURVEY OF PLACEBO USE IN A GENERAL-HOSPITAL
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DOI:
10.1016/0163-8343(81)90002-5
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
7
通讯作者:
FLYNN, P
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作者:
GRAY, G;FLYNN, P
Registered nurses (230) and physicians (70) participated in a retrospective study scrutinizing placebo effects, prescribing patterns and staff attitudes in a university-based general hospital setting. Despite copious experimental literature devoted to placebo effects over the past 30 yr, the medical and surgical use of placebos seems to disregard experimental data. Although 80% of the staff had used placebos in the hospital, their knowledge of placebo effects was in many respects deficient. Within the hospital, 89% of placebo use was directed toward the amelioration of pain; it is believed that emphasis should be placed on the education of staff to perceive emotional, social and physiological concomitants of pain rather than resorting to a purely physicalistic approach. A need to acknowledge staff conflicts over the ethical use of placebos should be a significant part of this educational approach.