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by paulcole 2820 days ago
> Trickery and deception when it comes to medicine and personal health are never fair game.

What about when it is known to work?

https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/putting-the-pla...

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It's been shown that telling someone you're giving them a placebo can still bring benefit, in which case I'm okay with it. But giving someone a placebo or homeopathy pill (same thing) and failing to disclose it contains no active ingredient is pure deception, unless the patient has given consent that they may receive a placebo, like if they're in an experimental trial. Even if someone does show improvement after receiving the placebo, it's never justifiable to outright lie to them.