Assertion: placebo | /r/HasProperty | given
Facets:
value: in order to deceive the recipient
type: PURPOSE
value: often
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: On the scans, researchers saw that the area of the brain that releases endorphins was active after the placebo was given.
text: Both the placebo and the active drug are given, but the subjects are unaware which is which.
text: If a placebo is given that the patient believes to be harmful to their health in some way, he or she may develop symptoms appropriate to this belief.
text: A placebo, also known as a sugar pill, is a treatment that is often given to study participants as a control to compare the effects of "nothing" to the effects of an actual treatment.
text: Thus, a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial is a medical study involving human participants in which neither side knows who's getting what treatment and placebo are given to a control group.
text: This article begins with a false premise: "A placebo may be given to a person in order to deceive the recipient...
text: It is also right that there are legitimate uses for a placebo (i.e. a prospective drug study where the subject is aware that either the drug or a placebo is given).
text: A placebo is a sugar pill or other non-active prescription, which might be given so that the patient thinks he or she is being treated medically.