Understanding the placebo effect in complementary medicine : theory, practice and research /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh ; New York :
Churchill Livingstone,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- Placebos and nocebos : the cultural construction of belief
- Towards a scientific understanding of placebo effects
- A critical reanalysis of the concept, magnitude and existence of placebo effects
- Behavioural conditioning of the immune system
- How can we optimize non-specific effects?
- Some reflections on creating therapeutic consultations
- Psychoanalysis, complementary medicine and the placebo
- Intersubjectivity and the therapeutic relationship
- Placebo responses in bodywork
- Healing and therapeutic touch : is it all in the mind?
- Non-specific factors in randomized clinical trials : some methodological considerations
- The placebo effect and a participatory world view
- Psychoneuroimmunology : the mind-brain connection