Assertion: placebo | /r/HasProperty | sham surgery
Facets:
value: as inert pills
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Surgeries have always been surprisingly based on tradition, authority, and educated guessing rather than good scientific trials; as they are tested properly, compared to a placebo (a sham surgery), many are failing the test.
text: A placebo is a simulated medical intervention, or sham treatment.
text: Research spanning decades demonstrates that placebos (sham treatments) have resulted in true beneficial results.
text: (placebos are as much sham surgery as inert pills).