Placebo
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A placebo is a comparator treatment that attempts to resemble an active treatment in every way except the feature being tested for.
- AKA: Inactive Treatment.
- Context:
- It can be given to a Placebo-Control Group Member (in a Placebo-Controlled Experiment).
- It can produce a Placebo Effect (or a Nocebo Effect).
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- an Active Treatment.
- See: Actual Negative Instance, Treatment Group Member, Standard Treatment.
References
2011
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo
- QUOTE: A placebo is a simulated or otherwise medically ineffectual treatment for a disease or other medical condition intended to deceive the recipient. Sometimes patients given a placebo treatment will have a perceived or actual improvement in a medical condition, a phenomenon commonly called the placebo effect. In medical research, placebos are given as control treatments and depend on the use of measured deception. Common placebos are inert tablets, sham surgery, and other procedures based on false information. However, placebos can also have a surprisingly positive effect on a patient who knows that the given treatment is without any active drug, as compared with a control group who knowingly did not get a placebo.