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Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 23 Mar 2013 at 00:12 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: ABC.es
Title: “Los médicos también recetan placebo - Noticias de Salud | abc.es”
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Publication: Associated Press
Title: “Many UK doctors give useless drugs, treatments”
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Publication: BBC Mundo
Title: “Recetar placebo es más común de lo que se cree - BBC Mundo - Noticias”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mund...
Publication: BBC News
Title: “BBC News - 'Most family doctors' have given a patient a placebo drug”
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Publication: Belfast Telegraph
Title: “Most doctors prescribe placebos - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk”
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Publication: Channel 4 News
Title: “Placebo drugs in widespread use finds study - Channel 4 News”
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Publication: Daily Express
Title: “Doctors like to 'sugar the pill'”
http://www.express.co.uk/...
Publication: Daily Mail
Title: “Nearly ALL doctors have given patients a placebo - either to keep them happy or reassure them”
http://www.dailymail.co.u...
Publication: Decoded Science
Title: “The Placebo Effect: Cures and Side Effects From Sugar Pills”
http://www.decodedscience...
Publication: EurekAlert
Title: “97 percent of UK doctors have given placebos to patients at least once”
http://www.eurekalert.org...
Publication: Everyday Health
Title: “U.K. Docs Often Prescribe Placebos To Patients, Study Finds”
http://www.everydayhealth...
Publication: Express & Star
Title: “Most doctors prescribe placebos « Express & Star”
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Publication: Forbes
Title: “Is It Ethical For Doctors To Prescribe Placebo? - Forbes”
http://www.forbes.com/sit...
Publication: Forskning.no
Title: “forskning.no > Nesten alle leger bruker placebo”
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Publication: Global Post
Title: “Many UK doctors have given a patient a placebo drug | GlobalPost”
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Publication: Globe and Mail
Title: “Probing the power of placebos - The Globe and Mail”
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Publication: Health Canal
Title: “Health News - 97% of UK doctors have given placebos to patients at least once”
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RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 23 Mar 2013 at 00:13 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Independent.ie
Title: “Most doctors prescribe placebos - Independent.ie”
http://www.independent.ie...
Publication: JournalWatch
Title: “Placebo Prescribing High Among U.K. Primary Care Docs - Physician's First Watch”
http://firstwatch.jwatch....
Publication: Metro.co.uk
Title: “Sweetening the pill: 97 per cent of GPs give us placebos | Metro News”
http://metro.co.uk/2013/0...
Publication: Oxford Mail
Title: “Most doctors prescribe placebos (From Oxford Mail)”
http://www.oxfordmail.co....
Publication: Pulse
Title: “Three quarters of GPs 'administer placebos once a week' | News Article | Pulse Today”
http://www.pulsetoday.co....
Publication: Round News
Title: “Several Family Doctors Admit To Giving Patients Placebo Drugs”
http://www.roundnews.com/...
Publication: Science 2.0
Title: “UK Doctors Who Have Given Placebos: 97 Percent”
http://www.science20.com/...
Publication: Scinexx
Title: “scinexx | Placebos vom Hausarzt sind kein Einzelfall: Studie: 97 Prozent der Mediziner geben zu, schon Scheinbehandlungen durchgeführt oder verordnet zu haben - Placebo, Arzt, Patient, Scheinbehandlung, Psychologie, Arzneimittel, Scheinmedikament, Placebo”
http://www.scinexx.de/wis...
Publication: Southern Daily Echo
Title: “Most doctors have prescribed placebo (From Daily Echo)”
http://www.dailyecho.co.u...
Publication: The Independent
Title: “The placebo effect: doctors admit prescribing unproven treatments, unnecessary tests and pills with no active ingredient - Health News - Health & Families - The Independent”
http://www.independent.co...
Publication: The Standard
Title: “Unethical British doctors prescribe dummy drugs - The Standard”
http://www.thestandard.co...
Publication: The Times
Title: “Placebos work. Is that so hard to swallow? | The Times”
http://www.thetimes.co.uk...
Publication: The Times
Title: “Most doctors admit to using sugar pills or other placebos | The Times”
http://www.thetimes.co.uk...
Publication: The Washington Post
Title: “Many UK doctors give patients useless drugs, treatments; authorities say that's unethical - The Washington Post”
http://www.washingtonpost...
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RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 01 Apr 2013 at 19:07 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: The Miami Herald
Title: “LONDON: Many UK doctors give useless drugs, treatments”
http://www.miamiherald.co...
Publication: Health Hub
Title: “Most GPs admit giving placebos: UK study”
http://health.msn.co.nz/h...
Publication: The Guardian
Title: “The ethicality of prescribing placebos”
http://www.guardian.co.uk...
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