The placebo effect and health : combining science and compassionate care
Record details
- ISBN: 1591022754
- ISBN: 9781591022756
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Physical Description:
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350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Publisher: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2005.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-332) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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Subject: | Placebos (Medicine) Physician and patient Placebo Effect Physician-Patient Relations Evidence-Based Medicine |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | R 726.5 .T46 2005 | 30775305539679 | General Collection | Available | - |