When the client asks the nurse what "placebo effect" means, the nurse includes in the response that the placebo effect describes a
a. deterioration of the product to the point that it renders the product incapable of offering any therapeutic benefit.
b. phenomenon of a person taking the placebo and claiming positive effects because of psychological factors unrelated to the product.
c. practice of manufacturers to make hugely inflated claims to induce the potential user to believe in the worth of the product.
d. product that, although producing therapeutic effects for many users, has no effect on others.
B
Placebo effect is the phenomenon of persons given the placebo in testing and then claiming posi-tive benefits from the product based on psychological factors unrelated to the product.
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