An Argumentative Essay on “Using Placebo Treatment in Medicines”

Abstract

Is it permissible for a doctor or nurse to knowingly administer placebo in a clinical setting? Placebo is any medication or procedure that produces an effect in patients resulting from its implicit or explicit intent and not from its specific physical or chemical properties. Or a placebo is a substance or intervention believed to be inactive, but is administered by the healthcare professional as if it was an active medication. The clinical use of placebo has become so common that it is used in many countries of the world