The powerful placebo : from ancient priest to modern physician /

Until this century, most medications prescribed by physicians were pharmacologically inert, if not harmful. That is, physicians were prescribing placebos or worse without knowing it. In a sense, then, the history of medical treatment until relatively recently is the history of the placebo effect. Ba...

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Main Author: Shapiro, Arthur K., 1923-1995
Other Authors: Shapiro, Elaine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997
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