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A Call to Revise the Declaration of Helsinki’s Placebo Guidelines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2023

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Dien Ho*
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Center for Health Humanities, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA, USA
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Since its introduction in 1964, the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki—Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects has enshrined the importance of safeguarding the well-being of human subjects in clinical research. The Declaration has undergone seven revisions, often in response to requests for clarification. I want to argue that the Declaration is in need of another revision in light of recent discoveries in placebo research.

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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 2024 , pp. 141 - 142
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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