Re: Placebos
From: Jefferson Delfino (dr.jefferson@uol.com.br)
Sat Oct 25 05:05:25 2008
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark". Hamlet - Act 1, scene 4
Jefferson
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De: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
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Data: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:32:26 -0500
Assunto: Re: Placebos
> Just got home from Dinner at the CLub and then Zach posts and all is well in
> the world.
>
> LOL Dan
>
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Garry E. Siegel, M.D. <
> garrys@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > It is 7 PM on Friday and I am at the office finishing up.
> >
> > My wife is mad because, as usual, I am later than expected.
> >
> > ZBN posts so all is now well in the world.
> >
> > Garry
> >
> > At Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Zachariah Newton wrote:
> > >
> > >A favorite of Dr. Faust. The use of authority and trust to prescribe on
> > the concept that nature heals. Robust dishonesty.
> > >
>> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: DoctorJoe@aol.com
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
> > > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 3:48 PM
> > > Subject: GEN: Placebos
> > >
> > > Majority of Doctors Use Placebos, Survey Finds
> > >
> > > A new survey of American doctors has found that about half of
> > respondents give their patients placebo treatments, in many cases without
> > informing them that the treatment won't necessarily be helpful. The study,
> > published in the online journal BMJ, surveyed a random sample of nearly 700
> > internists and rheumatologists of which about 60 percent said that placebo
> > treatments were ethically acceptable. Studies in Britain, Denmark and Sweden
> > have reported similar findings. Chantal Britt, Bloomberg 10/24/2008
> > > Read Article: Bloomberg
> > >
> > > Joe P.
> > >
> > >registration required and great graphics - check it out! (
> > http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir==
> > > http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001)
> >
> > --
> > Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
> > Private Practice
> > Roswell, GA
> >
>
> --
> R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) ABMP CMTh
> Professor Emeritus
> Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
> Indiana U. School of Medicine
>
> R. Daniel Braun
>
> "Science without Religion is LAME; Religion without Science is BLIND"
> Einstein 1941
>
