Table 4.

Tabulated group level voting on acceptability of six scenarios of placebogenic practice

Scenario	Acceptable	No clear majority	Unacceptable
1. ‘Withholding side-effects’	Δ Δ	Δ Δ ◯	Δ ◯ ◯ ◯
2. ‘Monitoring’	Δ Δ Δ Δ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯	Δ
3. ‘GP endorsement’	Δ Δ Δ Δ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯	Δ
4. ‘Idealised consultation’	Δ Δ Δ Δ Δ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯
5.‘Deceptive placebo pills’		Δ	Δ Δ Δ Δ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯
6.‘Open-label placebo pills’	◯ ◯	Δ Δ Δ ◯	Δ Δ ◯

◯=GP groups (n=4), Δ=Patient groups (n=5).

GP, general practitioner.