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The placebo effect and health : combining science & compassionate care / W. Grant Thompson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, W. Grant.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Placebos (Medicine).
- Physician and patient.
- Placebo Effect.
- Evidence-Based Medicine.
- Physician-Patient Relations.
- Medical Subjects:
- Placebo Effect.
- Evidence-Based Medicine.
- Physician-Patient Relations.
- Physical Description:
- 350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2005.
- Contents:
- What is a placebo?
- History of placebos
- Placebo research: some facts and myths
- The placebo effect
- Elements of the placebo effect
- The nocebo effect
- Randomized clinical trials
- Evidence-based medicine
- Can surgery be a placebo?
- Placebo effects and psychotherapy
- Complimentary and alternative medicine
- The doctor as placebo
- The placebo responder
- The ethics of using placebos
- Strangers in the consulting room
- The burden of proof
- Health care systems and the placebo effect
- Physicians heal yourselves.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-332) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1591022754
- OCLC:
- 58451885
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