2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The use of placebo in clinical practice and the formation of its social consensus.
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20601003
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
医療における生命倫理
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| Research Institution | Teikyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOMATSU Akira Teikyo University, 医療技術学部, 教授 (80075423)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TANAKA Miho 東邦大学, 医学部, 助教 (80385567)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 生命倫理 / 医の倫理 / プラシーボ |
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| Research Abstract |
We surveyed the current state of placebo administration by clinical nurses and doctors in Japan using self-written unsigned answer sheets. Many nurses and doctors experienced the placebo treatment within the past years and some have executed it until now. More than half of the nurses believed the practice to be ethically permissible. The doctor's opinions split into several fractions. Half of the doctors answered that it is within his discretion to decide to treat the placebos, and about 1/3 of the doctors believed that the placebo treatment is impermissible without the informed consent from the patients.
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