A questionnaire survey on the use of placebo in clinical practice by ward head nurses working in hospitals of Japan

• KOMATSU Akira

  帝京大学医療技術学部

• TANAKA Miho

  東邦大学医学部看護学科

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 臨床診療におけるプラシーボ使用の現状 : 病院の病棟看護責任者に対する全国アンケート調査

Abstract

We surveyed the current state of placebo use in clinical practice by ward head nurses working in hospitals of Japan using self-written unsigned answer sheets. The survey includes two parts: one is from 955 hospitals having over 300 beds all over the country; the other is from 337 hospitals having 20-299 beds in the Tokyo Metropolitan area. The result showed that 22.4% (the country) and 59.0% (the Metropolitan area) of the head nurses answered that they have executed the placebo treatment within the past year. The treatment was done without explanation by doctors in 53.4% and 45.7% of cases, and without consent of patients in 66.1% and 52.8% of cases respectively, showing that the majority of placebo treatments were executed without informed consent. To the question "Is the placebo treatment unethical?", 53.5% and 81.5% respectively answered "No". These results show that a considerable majority of head nurses have a paternalistic attitude about the placebo treatment.

Journal

• Bioethics

  Bioethics 20 (1), 194-208, 2010

  Japan Association for Bioethics

Keywords

• placebo
• medical ethics
• nursing ethics
• informed consent
• questionnaire survey

Details

• CRID: 1390001204484452480
• NII Article ID: 110008762353
• NII Book ID: AN10355291
• DOI: 10.20593/jabedit.20.1_194
• ISSN: 2189695X
• ISSN: 13434063
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2011005037
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
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