Saturday, 13 August 2011

Interesting article about sham surgery in Parkinson's

Why Fake It?

"This is an interesting article about the use of sham (or placebo) surgery in trials of surgical treatments for Parkinson's. It examines the viewpoints of Neurologists from the U.S. and Europe about the role and ethics of sham surgery."

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