Science of the Placebo
Title | Science of the Placebo PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Guess |
Publisher | BMJ Books |
Total Pages | 346 |
Release | 2002-03-15 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9780727915948 |
Based on a meeting in November 2000, this book brings together researchers from a wide range of disciplines to examine the biological, behavioral, social, cultural and ethical aspects related to the placebo effect. Perspectives on the necessity for including a placebo in randomized clinical trials will also be examined. This is the first attempt to examine the evidence-base of the placebo effect and will provide important information for clinicans.
The Placebo Effect in Clinical Practice
Title | The Placebo Effect in Clinical Practice PDF eBook |
Author | Walter A. Brown |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 188 |
Release | 2013-01-17 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 0199933855 |
The Placebo Effect in Clinical Practice brings together what we know about the mechanisms behind the placebo response, as well as the procedures that promote these responses, in order to provide a focused and concise overview on how current knowledge can be applied in treatment settings.
Placebo
Title | Placebo PDF eBook |
Author | Leonard White |
Publisher | Guilford Press |
Total Pages | 502 |
Release | 1985-08-21 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN |
Talking Cures and Placebo Effects
Title | Talking Cures and Placebo Effects PDF eBook |
Author | David A. Jopling |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 333 |
Release | 2008-05-29 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0199239509 |
Psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis have had to defend themselves from a barrage of criticisms throughout their history. In this book David Jopling argues that the changes achieved through therapy are really just functions of placebos that rally the mind's native healing powers. It is a bold new work that delivers yet another blow to Freud and his followers.
Placebo Effects
Title | Placebo Effects PDF eBook |
Author | Fabrizio Benedetti |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 295 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Placebo (Medicine) |
ISBN | 9780191724022 |
This is the first book to critically review the mechanisms of placebo effects across all medical conditions, diseases and therapies. It is the definitive text on the placebo effect, and will be essential for researchers and clinicians in all medical specialties.
Understanding the Placebo Effect in Complementary Medicine
Title | Understanding the Placebo Effect in Complementary Medicine PDF eBook |
Author | David Peters |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 235 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9780443060311 |
As the placebo effect continues to elicit passionate debate, this book tackles issues of the placebo effect in complementary medicine, and is targeted to both the experienced practitioner and the new student.
The Placebo Effect
Title | The Placebo Effect PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Harrington |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 276 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Chemotherapy |
ISBN | 9780674669864 |
Beginning with a review of the role of placebos in the history of medicine, this book investigates the current surge of interest in placebos, and probes the methodological difficulties of saying scientifically just what placebos can and cannot do.