Placebo effects
by Fabrizio Benedetti · first published 2008
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This work critically reviews the mechanisms of placebo effects across all medical conditions, diseases, and therapies. Exhaustive in its coverage, and written by a world authority in the field, it is the definitive text on the placebo effect, and essential for researchers and clinicians in all medical specialities.
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…experimentalist. Kaptchuk's pretty good at getting funding though, so hence his appearance. Also, if you think that placebo is nonsense, I would humbly suggest that you read Benedetti http://www.amazon.com/Placebo-Effects-Understanding-mechanis.... Its a very good summary of the state of the art in 2008, from someone (Benedetti) who runs extremely tight, well-designed experiments in reasonably valid conditions (typically…
on “Even Knowingly Taking A Placebo Seems To Help (2010)” ↗…subsequently got better after undergoing acupuncture might nonetheless develop a false belief about why it worked. This does not mean, however, that the patient has been deceived by his physician." from: Placebo Effects: Biological, Clinical and Ethical Advances (Damien G Finniss, Ted J Kaptchuk, Franklin Miller, and Fabrizio Benedetti PMCID: PMC2832199 / NIHMSID: NIHMS169379 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2832199/
on “Placebos becoming too effective, pharma industry worries” ↗