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- catalog abstract ""In this exploration, Dylan Evans exposes the flaws in the scientific research into the placebo effect and reveals the limits of what can and cannot be cured by thought alone. Drawing on new ideas in immunology and evolutionary biology, Evans proposes a new theory about how placebos work, and asks some searching questions about our concepts of health and disease."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13327478.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""In this exploration, Dylan Evans exposes the flaws in the scientific research into the placebo effect and reveals the limits of what can and cannot be cured by thought alone. Drawing on new ideas in immunology and evolutionary biology, Evans proposes a new theory about how placebos work, and asks some searching questions about our concepts of health and disease."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Placebos on trial -- 2. What can placebos really do? -- 3. The acute phase response -- 4. The belief effect -- 5. Why? : the evolutionary question -- 6. Nocebo, beyond good and bad -- 7. The alternatives -- 8. Psychotherapy, the purest placebo? -- 9. The witch doctor's dilemma.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-215) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 224 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195220544".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "615.5 22".
- catalog subject "Medicine and psychology.".
- catalog subject "Mental Healing.".
- catalog subject "Mind and body.".
- catalog subject "Placebo (Medicine)".
- catalog subject "Placebo Effect.".
- catalog subject "Placebos (Medicine)".
- catalog subject "Psychosomatic Medicine.".
- catalog subject "R726.5 .E93 2004".
- catalog subject "WB 880 E92p 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Placebos on trial -- 2. What can placebos really do? -- 3. The acute phase response -- 4. The belief effect -- 5. Why? : the evolutionary question -- 6. Nocebo, beyond good and bad -- 7. The alternatives -- 8. Psychotherapy, the purest placebo? -- 9. The witch doctor's dilemma.".
- catalog title "Placebo : mind over matter in modern medicine / Dylan Evans.".
- catalog type "text".