Placebo effects : understanding the mechanisms in health and disease
Benedetti, FabrizioAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2009.
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 specialities.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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 specialities.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The traditional concept of placebo -- A modern view of placebo and placebo-related effects -- Pain -- Disorders of the nervous system -- Mental and behavioural disorders -- Immune and endocrine systems -- Cardiovascular and respiratory system -- Gastrointestinal and genitourinary disorders -- Special medical conditions and therapeutic interventions -- Clinical-ethical implications and applications -- How to run a placebo study : a closer look into complex experimental designs.
Placebos (Medicine)
Treatment Outcome
Placebo Effect
Suggestion
Placebos
Effect Modifiers (Epidemiology)
Therapeutics
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Prognosis
Hypnosis
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Chemicals and Drugs
Epidemiologic Factors
Psychotherapy
Diagnosis
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Mind-Body Therapies
Complementary Therapies
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
Public Health
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms
Quality of Health Care
Health Services Administration
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Psychiatry and Psychology
Environment and Public Health
Health Care
Pharmacy, Therapeutics, & Pharmacology
Health & Biological Sciences