Quote Originally Posted by mkemse View Post
And many of these doctors are not honest with their patients about what they are doing, the survey found.
Well, if a doctor tells the patient it's a placebo, it isn't a placebo anymore, isn't it?
And placebos in fact can help, whereas telling a patient "sorry, but i can't help you with your problem" which would often be the right and honest thing to do would also just make the patient move on to the next doc.

However, i think using actual drugs like painkillers and especially antibiotics is definitely wrong.