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Submited on: 10 Sep 2010 10:08:16 AM GMT
Published on: 10 Sep 2010 11:07:39 AM GMT
- Other Comments: faissal shaheen
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None - How to cite: Shaheen F A.http://www.webmedcentral.com/article_view/587[Review of the article 'Placebo Prescribing Habits And Views In A University Hospital ' by AL SAYYARI A].WebmedCentral 2010;1(10):WMCRW0083
- Other Comments: Thanks to Prof Al Sayyarri for giving me the opportunity to revise such very valuable article The idea of the article is very unique and touches a very critical and sensitive points in medical practice. I could understand that the aim of the study is to know how Saudi health care providers accepts the idea of prescribing placebo treatment but description of the problem was not clear in the paper , I mean what was the problem that stimulates the authors to design such study and what was their expectation as regards results before conducting it. The study will be more helpful if the authors defined the type of patients, their illness, and the nationality of the patients, also is important to know how many patients accepts the idea of receiving placebo and how would they accept this while they know it wouldn?t be effective . Further studies should investigate patients with chronic pain like dialysis and Rheumatoid Arthritis patients Table 1 compared the responses of doctors to nurses which is unfair as we all know that nurses are not allowed to give any drug including placebo without doctor orders. The table also includes the response of the nurses about the mode of action which is also out of their capacity. The authors are kindly requested to explain their findings in the discussion and to give us their recommendation for further studies. Finally I congratulate the authors for their study which touches a very critical and practical points
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Taching Nephrology to medical studients Managing patients with differnt renal problems Managing Renal Transplant patients - How to cite: Mohmed A H.Placebo Prescribing Habits and Views in a University Hospital [Review of the article 'Placebo Prescribing Habits And Views In A University Hospital ' by AL SAYYARI A].WebmedCentral 2010;1(9):WMCRW0046
The main purpose of this paper is to report the placebo prescribing habits among Saudi health care providers.
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The authors found that the frequency of the Saudi doctors prescribing a placebo is lower than reported elsewhere. Many of the respondents believed that the placebo mode of action is through a psychological mechanism. Only a very small percentage of respondents believed that placebo prescriptions should be prohibited.
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