The placebo effect and health :
Thompson W Grant
The placebo effect and health : combining science and compassionate care / W. Grant Thompson. - Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2005. - 350 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-332) and index.
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.
1591022754 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Placebo Medicine
Physician and patient
Placebo Effect
EvidenceBased Medicine
PhysicianPatient Relations
WB 330
615.5
The placebo effect and health : combining science and compassionate care / W. Grant Thompson. - Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2005. - 350 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-332) and index.
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.
1591022754 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Placebo Medicine
Physician and patient
Placebo Effect
EvidenceBased Medicine
PhysicianPatient Relations
WB 330
615.5