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Originally Posted by GGG
I should say most complaints people go to the doctor for require no treatment as the body will heal itself. Therefore a placebo is as an effective of a treatment as anything else in these cases.
So while most conditions can't be treated by a placebo most complaints can.
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Is that ethical then? I'll let the doctors chime in here, but most non serious visits require assessment to ensure it's a self limiting illness. If it's self limiting, then that would be communicated to the patient rather than lie to them and will them something, no?
I don't believe most doctors visits are unnecessary. Many are, but far from most I would presume. I deal with family physicians many times every day and there aren't any professions I know of with that level of integrity