Wigley Richard
World Health Organization Collaborating, Centre for Epidemiology of Rheumatic Disease, Palmerston North Hospital, New Zealand.
Clin Med (Lond). 2007 Oct;7(5):450-2. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.7-5-450.
It is often stated, paradoxically, that a treatment is not effective when trials have shown a placebo effect. This should be rephrased 'that the tested treatment is not more effective than the placebo' if we are not to confuse ourselves and the public in the current debate on complementary and alternative medicine.
矛盾的是,人们常说当试验显示出安慰剂效应时,一种治疗方法是无效的。如果我们不想在当前关于补充和替代医学的辩论中混淆自己和公众,这句话应该重新表述为“所测试的治疗方法并不比安慰剂更有效”。