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Why Do Physicians Prescribe Treatments That Are Essentially Placebos?

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.32678

September 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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Corresponding Author: Pekka Louhiala, DMedSci, PhD, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520 Tampere, Finland (pekka.louhiala@tuni.fi).

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