Authors

Charlotte R Blease

PhD, Research Fellow, Program in Placebo Studies, General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Research Fellow, UCD School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. cblease@bidmc.harvard.edu

The role of placebos in family medicine: Implications of evidence and ethics for general practitioners

A summary of state-of-the-art scientific and bioethical research providing up-to-date recommendations on placebo use for general practitioners.