The Placebo Effect and Health
Combining Science and Compassionate Care
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Word Count
87,500 words, Guess
Page Count
350 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8851080M
- ISBN-139781591022756
- ISBN-101591022754
- OCLC Control Number58451885
- OCLC Control Numberplaceboeffecthea0000thom
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2005006906
- LibraryThing1741633
- Goodreads139685
Classifications
- LCCR726.5.T488 2005
Description
Reviews the history of the placebo effect--the positive effects of the doctor's presence and personality lus the patient's belief in the efficacy of the treatment--and the evidence of its benefits to health. He looks at both the planned use of placebos in blind clinical trials and the unplanned placebo effects arising out of the doctor/patient relationship, the passage of time, and the perceptions of the patient. He emphasizes that placebos in themselves have no intrinsic benefit; what matters is how the treatment is provided and under what circumstances.
First Sentence
Before the advent of modern, "evidence-based" medicine, physicians commonly employed sugar pills or other harmless nostrums as treatment.
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