The placebo effect
an interdisciplinary exploration
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Author
Contributions
- Harrington, Anne, 1960- - Contributor
Publication
1997 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Description
Beginning with a review of the role of placebos in the history of medicine, this book investigates the current surge of interest in placebos, and probes the methodological difficulties of saying scientifically just what placebos can and cannot do.
First Sentence
In the clinic, it has been long acknowledged that "sham" treatments like sugar pills or injections with saline solution have the capacity to rally healing processes, sometimes of a dramatic nature, within patients.
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