Description: Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect' Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Author(s): Daniel E. Moerman Format: Paperback Publisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom Imprint: Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 9780521000871, 978-0521000871 Synopsis Daniel Moerman presents an innovative and enlightening discussion of human reaction to the meaning of medical treatment. Traditionally, the effectiveness of medical treatments is attributed to specific elements, such as drugs or surgical procedures, but many things happen in medicine which simply cannot be accounted for in this way. The same drug can work differently when presented in different colours; drugs with widely advertised names can work better than the same drug without the name; inert drugs (placebos, dummies) often have dramatic effects on people (the 'placebo effect'); and effects can vary hugely among different European countries where the 'same' medical condition is understood differently, or has different meanings. This is true for surgery as well as for internal medicine. This lively 2002 book reviews and analyses these matters in lucid, straightforward prose, guiding the reader through a very complex body of literature, leaving nothing unexplained but avoiding any over-simplification.
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Book Title: Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect'
Number of Pages: 182 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Meaning, Medicine and the 'placebo Effect'
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2002
Subject: Medicine, Psychology, Anthropology
Item Height: 228 mm
Item Weight: 320 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Daniel E. Moerman
Subject Area: Clinical Psychology
Series: Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology
Item Width: 153 mm
Format: Paperback
