Meaning, medicine, and the "placebo effect" /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moerman, Daniel E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Colección:Cambridge studies in medical anthropology ; 9.
Temas:
Healing > Psychological aspects.
Placebos (Medicine)
Cross-cultural studies.
Medicine > Philosophy.
Outcome assessment (Medical care)
Placebo Effect
Therapeutics > psychology
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Pain > drug therapy
Pain > psychology
Philosophy, Medical
Treatment Outcome
Guérison > Aspect psychologique.
Placebo (Médecine)
Effet placebo.
Études transculturelles.
Médecine > Philosophie.
Évaluation des résultats (Soins médicaux)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Alternative Therapies.
MEDICAL > Healing.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healing.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Healing > General.
Medicine > Philosophy
Cross-cultural studies
Healing > Psychological aspects
Therapieerfolg
Soziokultureller Faktor
Placebo
Genezing.
Psychologische aspecten.
Placebo's.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "Pickle ash" and "high blood"; Part I The meaning response; Part II Applications, challenges, and opportunities; Part III Meaning and human biology; References; Index.

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