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A Comforting Thought in Medicine

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A Comforting Thought in Medicine

Postby Zancarius » Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:49 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/healt ... ref=slogin

Apparently half of the doctors surveyed regularly prescribe placebos to their patients. Now the ethical question is: Does a doctor need to deceive the patient in order for the placebo to work? (I'd answer "yes.")
I gave that lich a phylactery shard. Liches love phylactery shards.
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