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PLACEBO SURGERY [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
CONT

... shorter, more focused reports were presented on a range of phenomena including placebo analgesia, placebo surgery, placebo in gastrointestinal disease, psychoneuroimmunology, homeopathy, and acupuncture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
CONT

Dans Le Quotidien du médecin, qui recense les études les plus récentes, on découvre que même la «chirurgie placebo» produit des effets bénéfiques.

OBS

On écrirait mieux un «placébo», des «placébos».

OBS

placébo : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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