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Meaning, medicine, and the "placebo effect" /
Traditionally, the effectiveness of medical treatments is attributed to specific elements, such as drugs, but many things in medicine cannot be accounted for in this way. For example, inert drugs (placebos) often have dramatic effects on people. Daniel Moerman guides the reader expertly through a ve...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in medical anthropology ;
9. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Traditionally, the effectiveness of medical treatments is attributed to specific elements, such as drugs, but many things in medicine cannot be accounted for in this way. For example, inert drugs (placebos) often have dramatic effects on people. Daniel Moerman guides the reader expertly through a very complex body of literature. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 172 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-168) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521806305 9780521806305 0521000874 9780521000871 0511073909 9780511073908 0511073801 9780511073809 0511073712 9780511073717 0511177828 9780511177828 9780511810855 0511810857 1107131200 9781107131200 1280419121 9781280419126 9786610419128 6610419124 1139147331 9781139147330 0511305265 9780511305269 |