A nurse has attended a pain control workshop and learned about the psychological and physiological basis of placebos. What principle should guide the use of placebos in the treatment of pain?
A) Placebos can effectively treat pain while avoiding unpleasant side effects of opioids.
B) Placebos may be used in the treatment of pain in clients who have allergies or addictions.
C) Placebos involve the use or deception and are considered unethical in most circumstances.
D) Placebos should be used if the client provides written consent for their use.
C
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Placebos have been shown to have some efficacy in the control of pain. However, because they involve deception they are usually considered unethical. In most circumstances, this fact overrides their possible efficacy. When a client is informed that a pill is a placebo, it loses the essential characteristic of a placebo.
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