What placebos teach us about health and care : a philosopher pops a pill / Dien Ho.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ho, Dien, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in bioethics and neuroethics 2752-3934

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Placebos (Medicine)--Philosophy.

Placebos (Medicine).

Pharmacology--Philosophy.

Pharmacology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (78 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Placebo effects raise some fundamental questions concerning the nature of clinical and medical research. This Element begins with an overview of the different roles placebos play, followed by a survey of significant studies and dominant views about placebo mechanisms. It then critically examines the concept of placebo and offers a new definition that avoids the pitfalls of other attempts. The main philosophical lesson is that background medical theories provide the ontology for clinical and medical research. Because these theories often contain incoherent and arbitrary classifications, the concept of placebo inherits the same messiness. The Element concludes by highlighting some impending challenges for placebo studies.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Sep 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009085496 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.