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Articles

The ethics of placebos

, PhD, DPhil (Fellow, Independent Consultant in Ethics) & , MBBS, FCFP(SA), MFamMed, FACRRM, FACTM, FAFP(SA), FWACP(Fam Med)
Pages S15-S16 | Published online: 15 Aug 2014

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