The Placebo: A Reader

by Robert A. Crouch, Franklin G. Miller, Ted Kaptchuk, et al.

A thorough collection of classic and contemporary resources about the placebo effect.

The placebo effect is a fascinating but elusive phenomena. Although no standard definition of the placebo effect exists, it is generally understood as consisting of responses of individuals to the psychosocial context of medical treatments or clinical encounters, as distinct from specific physiological effects of medical interventions. The Placebo...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142140866X
• ISBN13: 9781421408668
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 10.9"