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Title: Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect' by Daniel E. Moerman ISBN: 0-521-00087-4 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 17 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Meaning, not placebo: Moerman gets it right!
Comment: As a family physician and behavioral scientist with strong interest in the "placebo effect", I can say without reservation that this is one of the best all-around reviews available. The "placebo paradox" has confounded reductionist thinkers for decades: if there is nothing in the pill, then how can it cause health effects? Dan Moerman doesn't have to take us far out of the conventional box to show that - of course - it isn't the inert pills, but instead the meanings attached with them that have influenced outcomes in so many scientific experiments. Meaning, belief and understanding govern how we think and feel, which in turn effect our physical and psychological health. Empty colored pills, sham surgery and suggestion lead to real health effects, even under the most rigorous of settings: randomized, double-blind, controlled trials. While reasonably comprehensive and highly accurate, this book is also accessible, as it is written with a style and flair that should prove attractive to most readers. Highly recommended it is!
Bruce Barrett MD PhD
Department of Family Medicine
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Title: Understanding the Placebo Effect in Complementary Medicine: Theory, Practice and Research by David Peters ISBN: 0443060312 Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Pub. Date: 15 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
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Title: The Placedbo Effect: An Interdisciplinary Exploration by Harrington ISBN: 067466986X Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $23.50 |
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Title: Social Lives of Medicines (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology) by Susan Reynolds Whyte, Sjaak van der Geest, Anita Hardon, Alan Harwood ISBN: 0521804698 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 30 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: The Powerful Placebo: From Ancient Priest to Modern Physician by Arthur K., Md Shapiro, Elaine, Ph.D. Shapiro ISBN: 0801866758 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Shamanism: A Reader by Graham Harvey ISBN: 0415253306 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 08 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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