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Placebo: something of no intrinsic remedial value that is used to appease or reassure another.
In one common placebo procedure, a patient is given an inert pill, told that it may improve his/her condition, but not told that it is in fact inert. Such an intervention may cause the patient to believe the treatment will change his/her c…
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