Abstract
A burgeoning body of evidence supports the efficacy and elucidates the mechanisms of placebo analgesia. Considerable debate persists, however, concerning the ethics of their use, with many of the present arguments being primarily philosophically-based. Given the magnitude of placebo analgesic effects and the frequency of physician-administered placebos, the present study empirically investigated the acceptability of an analgesic placebo treatment among lay individuals. A total of 103 participants (mean age = 22.67, SD = 4.57) completed a web-based study examining placebo attitudes and consequences by responding to vignettes depicting patients receiving a placebo analgesic.
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