Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harris, Ian
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: NewSouth 2016.
Temas:
Surgery > Psychological aspects.
Surgery > Risk factors.
Risk Factors
Chirurgie > Aspect psychologique.
Chirurgie > Facteurs de risque.
Surgery > Psychological aspects
Surgery > Risk factors
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. The placebo effect
  • What is the placebo effect and how does it work?
  • 2. The science of medicine
  • or lack of it
  • What makes 'good' evidence?
  • 3. Building the perfect placebo
  • What makes a good placebo?
  • 4. Putting surgery to the (placebo) test
  • Examples of studies using sham surgery
  • 5. The surgical scrap heap
  • Operations that have faded away due to a lack of effectiveness
  • 6. Today's placebo surgeries
  • Current surgical procedures under question
  • 7. Why do we still do it?
  • Reasons behind the persistence of surgery that is not effective
  • 8. Surgery has a placebo effect
  • so what?
  • The case against using the placebo effect
  • 9. What can we do about it?
  • As patients, doctors, researchers, funders and as a society
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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