The placebo effect in clinical practice /
The role that the placebo effect plays in many treatments is clear: it not only plays a complimentary role in most treatments but it can sometimes be the only benefit of treatment. Brain imaging studies over the past decade have shown that placebo-treated patients undergo some of the same changes in...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2013]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | The role that the placebo effect plays in many treatments is clear: it not only plays a complimentary role in most treatments but it can sometimes be the only benefit of treatment. Brain imaging studies over the past decade have shown that placebo-treated patients undergo some of the same changes in brain activity as those treated with pharmacologically active substances. Yet this important component of healing is not yet harnessed in clinical settings. The Placebo Effect in Clinical Practice brings together what we know about the mechanisms behind the placebo response, as well as the procedur. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America EBSCO eBook Clinical Collection |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (177 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199933860 0199933863 1299966772 9781299966772 |
