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The power of context: reconceptualizing the placebo effect

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: The placebo effect has received increasing scientific attention in recent years. Progress in translating knowledge about this phenomenon into improved outcomes for patients, however, is hampered by conceptual confusion and misleading terminology. In this article we diagnose what is wrong with the placebo concept and suggest ‘contextual healing’ as a fruitful alternative way of conceiving the placebo effect.

Source: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2008.070466

Authors: Franklin G Miller, Ted J Kaptchuk

Institutions: National Institutes of Health, Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Pain Management and Placebo Effect

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health