THE DOCTOR HIMSELF AS A THERAPEUTIC AGENT
Authors: W. R. Houston
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 February 1938THE DOCTOR HIMSELF AS A THERAPEUTIC AGENTW. R. HOUSTON, F.A.C.P.W. R. HOUSTON, F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-8-1416 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn recent years there has been increasing talk about the broader aspects of medical service. Medical men themselves have been anxiously considering not merely the building stones of medicine, but the plan of the entire medical structure. A great foundation has recently asked us for a free expression of opinion concerning American medicine. We are asked how well is medicine fulfilling its function to society, how can the benefits of medical science be best distributed, how shall medicine best be meshed with the economic structure? And these questions have led to further questioning as to the values that we have... This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Austin, Texas*Read at the St. Louis meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 19, 1937. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHistorical milestones of the invention and use of placeboObserving physicians acting with different levels of empathy modulates later assessed pain toleranceInfluence of placebo analgesia in pharmacological treatment of painPlacebo and the Power to HealBetter than nothing: A historical account of placebos and placebo effects from modern to contemporary medicineSocially transmitted placebo effectsPlacebo Effects: Historical and Modern EvaluationErosion and Enhancement of EmpathyThe Interpersonal Dynamics in Clinician–Patient RelationshipsHow to Prescribe Information: Health Education Without Health Anxiety and Nocebo EffectsSymptoms, unbearability and the nature of suffering in terminal cancer patients dying at home: a prospective primary care studyEuthanasia is not medical treatmentAsklepian Dreaming and the Spirit of Transformational Healing: Linking the Placebo Response to Therapeutic Uses of SelfHistorical Aspects of Placebo AnalgesiaPlacebo and the Power to HealProblems in the Evaluation of Drugs in ManPlacebo effect: its role in adherence, treatment effectiveness and patient outcomesNocebos and nocebo effects still exist though Hippocrates had recommended that patients would not be harmedPerspective: The Doctor as Performer: A Proposal for Change Based on a Performance Studies ParadigmMedicine's Continuing Quest for an Excuse to Avoid Relationships with PatientsHattage*Activating the Healing ResponseHolism: repeating it so often that people begin to believe itExploiting Placebo Effects for Therapeutic BenefitForewordHow Should Alternative Medicine Be Taught to Medical Students and Physicians?The Placebo EffectThe Placebo Response: Clinical Efficacy and ToxicityThe kinetics and dynamics of responses to placebo*Drug Information Analysis ServiceDecision making and decision analysis: Beneficence in medicineFumes from the spleenTherapist VariablesThe Therapeutic Relationship: Is Moral Conduct a Necessary Condition?Caring for patients who are not easy to likeOnce on Top, Now on Tap: American Physicians View their Relationships with Patients, 1920–1970Using Biofeedback in Private PracticeThe Chronic Pain Syndrome: Misconceptions and ManagementJAMES B. REULER, M.D., DONALD E. GIRARD, M.D., DAVID A. NARDONE, M.D.Part six: Empirical methods in the evaluation of indigenous medical systems: Comments on a symposiumNon Specific Factors in PsychopharmacotherapyIatrogenic anxietyA contribution to a history of the placebo effectEthics and practice of placebo therapyThe Placebo and the Physician 1 February 1938Volume 11, Issue 8Page: 1416-1425KeywordsMedical services ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1938 PDF downloadLoading ...