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> to inform the patient that the button to administer morphine was in their control Sometimes (I don't have a statistic) in Israel this is used for placebo eff
by helge9210 5y ago
> to inform the patient that the button to administer morphine was in their control
Sometimes (I don't have a statistic) in Israel this is used for placebo effect. Patient doesn't control anything, but still might feel a relief.
- girvo 5y agoTypically its not that they have no control, in the cases you're talking about, but the machines do have specified dose limits still. You can press the button as many times as you like, but it typically won't let you hit yourself with a gram of morphine or something. So in that case, I can see the button being an applied placebo effect.