Ethics of placebo use in clinical practice: why we need to look beyond deontology

Beneficent clinical usage of placebos has been a problem for the application of Kant’s deontology in medical ethics, which, in its strictest form, rejects deception universally. Some defenders of deontology have countered this by arguing placebos can be used by a physician without necessarily being...

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Authors: Plowman, Rosanna (Author) ; Spurr, Sally (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2021
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2021, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 271-273
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