This chart shows the willingness of French doctors to prescribe a placebo to reassure the patient in 2014. It appears that with more than 50%, it was especially the medical specialists who opposed this practice.
Would you be willing to prescribe a placebo for a patient who is claiming treatment while he does not need it?
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Medscape. (April 17, 2015). Would you be willing to prescribe a placebo for a patient who is claiming treatment while he does not need it? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/766754/propensity-doctors-prescribe-placebo-la-france/
Medscape. "Would you be willing to prescribe a placebo for a patient who is claiming treatment while he does not need it?." Chart. April 17, 2015. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/766754/propensity-doctors-prescribe-placebo-la-france/
Medscape. (2015). Would you be willing to prescribe a placebo for a patient who is claiming treatment while he does not need it?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/766754/propensity-doctors-prescribe-placebo-la-france/
Medscape. "Would You Be Willing to Prescribe a Placebo for a Patient Who Is Claiming Treatment While He Does Not Need It?." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Apr 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/766754/propensity-doctors-prescribe-placebo-la-france/
Medscape, Would you be willing to prescribe a placebo for a patient who is claiming treatment while he does not need it? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/766754/propensity-doctors-prescribe-placebo-la-france/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Would you be willing to prescribe a placebo for a patient who is claiming treatment while he does not need it? [Graph], Medscape, April 17, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/766754/propensity-doctors-prescribe-placebo-la-france/