| Description |
350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. What is a placebo? -- Ch. 2. History of placebos -- Ch. 3. Placebo research : some facts and myths -- Ch. 4. The placebo effect -- Ch. 5. Elements of the placebo effect -- Ch. 6. The nocebo effect -- Ch. 7. Randomized clinical trials -- Ch. 8. Evidence-based medicine -- Ch. 9. Can surgery be a placebo? -- Ch. 10. Placebo effects and psychotherapy -- Ch. 11. Complementary and alternative medicine -- Ch. 12. The doctor as placebo -- Ch. 13. The placebo responder -- Ch. 14. The ethics of using placebos -- Ch. 15. Strangers in the consulting room -- Ch. 16. The burden of proof -- Ch. 17. Health-care systems and the placebo effect -- Ch. 18. Physicians, heal yourselves |
| Summary |
"Dr. W. Grant Thompson, a frequent consultant on the design of clinical trials, reviews the history of the placebo effect - the positive effects of the doctor's presence and personality plus the patient's belief in the efficacy of the treatment - and the evidence of its benefits to health in this lively, informative, and scientifically rigorous book. He looks at both the planned use of placebos in blind clinical trials and the unplanned placebo effects arising out of the doctor/patient relationship, the passage of time, and the perceptions of the patient. Dr. Thompson emphasizes that placebos in themselves have no intrinsic benefit; what matters is how the treatment is provided and under what circumstances."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-332) and index |
| Subject |
Placebos (Medicine)
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Physician and patient.
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Placebo Effect.
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Evidence-Based Medicine.
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Physician-Patient Relations.
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| LC no. |
2005006906 |
| ISBN |
1591022754 paperback alkaline paper |
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