Reviews
This thought-provoking book forces us to reconsider the worthlessness of the lowly placebo... The authors have tackled a timely subject, contrasting ancient testimonials and histories of use with modern controlled approaches for determining efficacy and risks of complex therapeutic mixtures.
Book Details
Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Placebo Effect in Medical History
Chapter 2. The Semantics of the Placebo
Chapter 3. Fraud, Faith, and Fads
Chapter 4. The Placebo Effect in the Twentieth
Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Placebo Effect in Medical History
Chapter 2. The Semantics of the Placebo
Chapter 3. Fraud, Faith, and Fads
Chapter 4. The Placebo Effect in the Twentieth Century
Chapter 5. Psychiatry and Other Psychotherapies
Chapter 6. The History of Clinical Trials
Chapter 7. The History of the Double-Blind Procedure
Chapter 8. Ethical Controversies about the Use of Placebos, the Double Blind, and Controlled Clinical Trials
Chapter 9. How Blind Is Blind?
Chapter 10. Predicting Placebo Response
Chapter 11. Summary and Conclusions
References
Index