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Support for self-management (SSM) is a prominent strand of health policy internationally, particularly for primary care. It is often discussed and evaluated in terms of patients’ knowledge, skills and confiden...
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Open AccessStrengthening the ethical assessment of placebo-controlled surgical trials: three proposals
Placebo-controlled surgical trials can provide important information about the efficacy of surgical interventions. However, they are ethically contentious as placebo surgery entails the risk of harms to recipi...
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There has been growing interest internationally in how health services might more actively involve—and support the involvement of—patients in deciding about their treatments and in the delivery of their own ca...
