Introduction to the proceedings of an international conference Placebo: Its action and place in health research today Warsaw, Poland, 12–13 April, 2003 Andrzej Górski EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 4
Ethics in research: Striving for common ground within the cultural diversity of Europe Rainer Gerold OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 8
Placebo: Its action and place in health research today Randolph Smoak Jr. OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 13
Placebo use in Council of Europe biomedical research instruments Pēteris Zilgalvis OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 22
The CIOMS view on the use of placebo in clinical trials Juhana E. Idänpään-HeikkiläSev Fluss OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 28
Using empirical data to inform the ethical evaluation of placebo controlled trials Jeremy Sugarman OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 35
The use of the placebo effect in clinical medicine — ethical blunder or ethical imperative? Nikola Biller-Andorno OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 50
Clinical trials: active control vs placebo — What is ethical? Jacek SpławińskiJerzy Kuźniar OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 79
Placebos and the UK medical research council — and the consumer perspective Joan Box OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 101
What does the public think of placebo use? The Canadian experience Patricia Huston OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 117
Applying evidence to support ethical decisions: Is the placebo really powerless? Franz PorzsoltNicole Scholtz-GortonErnst Pöppel OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 132
Placebo in the investigation of psychotropic drugs, especially antidepressants Stanisław Pużyński OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 142
The biochemical bases of the placebo effect Raúl de la Fuente-FernándezA. Jon Stoessl OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 150
Placebo treatment is effective differently in different diseases — but is it also harmless? A brief synopsis Thomas R. Weihrauch OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 155
Informed consent and the use of placebo in poland: Ethical and legal aspects Piotr ZaborowskiAdam Górski OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 178
Homeopathic remedies as placebo alternatives — verification on the example of treatment of menopause-related vegetative and emotional disturbances Bohdan W. Wasilewski OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 188
Placebo: Its action and place in health research today* — Summary and conclusions Raymond E. Spier OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 197
