“Almost all UK GPs have at some point given a patient a treatment they don’t need. While few GPs gave sugar pills or saline injections (only 1% admitted to doing this on a regular basis), most had given what the paper called ‘impure placebos’. These they defined as treatments that can be effective in some instances, but not for the suspected condition or not at the dose prescribed. More interestingly, the survey also asked the doctors’ opinions on the ethicality of such treatment. Doctors seemed more comfortable ethically with prescribing impure placebos. However, more than 90% thought prescribing either pure or impure placebos was unacceptable.”
Did you like this?
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Related posts:
To Avoid Jet Lag This Summer, Travel Like a Scientist
Wegelin chief takes blame for oldest Swiss bank's collapse over U.S. taxes
Sleeping Bag Coat for the Homeless Finds Fans in the Fashion World
Taiwanese billionaire launches Asian ‘Nobel prize’
American weapons blamed for health problems at hospital in Fallujah
Oklahoma town bans e-cigarettes on public property
Greeks clash with riot police as politicans pass austerity measures
Journalist beaten to death, encased in concrete for $100K in Magic cards
Native American Activist Wants To Swap The Dollar For Bitcoin
Texas lawman sentenced to 1 year prison for protecting drug smugglers
Julian Assange praises Edward Snowden for exposing ‘mass surveillance state’
U.S. Household Income Sinks to '95 Level
India’s Poorest Women Coerced Into Sterilization
Hedge Fund That Called Subprime Crisis Urges 50% Yuan Drop
South Korean troops kill man trying to swim North