When a Patient Insists on Having a Medical Cure but a Physician

question 28

Multiple Choice

When a patient insists on having a medical cure but a physician does not believe that medicine is necessary, the physician may prescribe sugar pills. Such fake pills are called _______.

• A)analgesics
• B)noceboes
• C)placebos
• D)antidepressants

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