The power of context: reconceptualizing the placebo effect.

Volume: 101, Issue: 5, Pages: 222 - 225
Published: May 1, 2008
Abstract
The placebo effect has received increasing scientific attention in recent years. Progress in translating knowledge about this phenomenon into improved outcomes for patients, however, is hampered by conceptual confusion and misleading terminology. In this article we diagnose what is wrong with the placebo concept and suggest ‘contextual healing’ as a fruitful alternative way of conceiving the placebo...
Paper Details
Title
The power of context: reconceptualizing the placebo effect.
Published Date
May 1, 2008
Volume
101
Issue
5
Pages
222 - 225
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