The powerful placebo : from ancient priest to modern physician / Arthur K. Shapiro and Elaine Shapir...
The powerful placebo : from ancient priest to modern physician / Arthur K. Shapiro and Elaine Shapir...
The powerful placebo : from ancient priest to modern physician / Arthur K. Shapiro and Elaine Shapiro.
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
Call Numbers
N615.58072/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 280 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Placebo Effect in Medical History -- 2. The Semantics of the Placebo -- 3. Fraud, Faith, and Fads -- 4. The Placebo Effect in the Twentieth Century -- 5. Psychiatry and Other Psychotherapies -- 6. The History of Clinical Trials -- 7. The History of the Double-Blind Procedure -- 8. Ethical Con...
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
Demonstrating both the magnitude and the limitations of the placebo effect, the book helps to clarify knotty issues ranging from the evaluation of therapies to the ethics of conducting controlled studies in which patients are deliberately given placebos. With the renewed interest in the mind-body relationship as well as in the role of placebos in n...
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The powerful placebo : from ancient priest to modern physician / Arthur K. Shapiro and Elaine Shapiro.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-272) and index.
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N615.58072/1
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74VM4EByQ8yg
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ISBN
0801866758 (pbk.)
9780801855696 (acid-free paper)
0801855691 (acid-free paper)
9780801866753 (pbk.)
DDC
615.58072
MMS ID
991001465699702626
