{"product_id":"science-of-the-placebo-toward-an-interdisciplinary-research-agenda-paperback-softback-9780727915948","title":"Science of the Placebo; Toward an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda (Paperback \/ softback) 9780727915948","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eScience of the Placebo\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eToward an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHarry Guess (Edited by), HA Engel (Author), Linda Engel (Edited by), Arthur Kleinman (Edited by), John Kusek (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780727915948, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 March 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e346 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2 cm, 0.508 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience of the Placebo: Toward an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on a meeting in November 2000, this book brings together researchers from a wide range of disciplines to examine the biological, behavioral, social, cultural and ethical aspects related to the placebo effect. Perspectives on the necessity for including a placebo in randomized clinical trials will also be examined.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the first attempt to examine the evidence-base of the placebo effect and will provide important information for clinicians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContributors. \u003cp\u003eForeword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 An Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 1: Historical and Ethical Perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 “Seeing” the Placebo Effect: Historical Legacies and Present Opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Ethical Issues in Use of Placebo in Medical Practice and Clinical Trials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 2: Elucidating Placebo Effects: Explanatory Mechanisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Explanatory Mechanisms for Placebo Effects: Cultural Influences and the Meaning Response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Explanatory Mechanisms for Placebo Effects: Cognition, Personality and Social Learning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Explanatory Mechanisms for Placebo Effects: Pavlovian Conditioning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Regression to the Mean or Placebo Effect?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 3: Elucidating Placebo Effects: Intervening Psychophysiology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Neuriendocrine Meidators of Placebo Effects on Immunity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Endogenous Opioid and Non-Opioid Pathways as Mediators of Placebno Analgesia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 4: Use of Placebo Groups in Clinical Trials-Methodological and Ethical Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Placebo controlled Trials and Active Controlled Trials: Ethics and Inference.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 When is it Appropriate to Use a Placebo Arm in a Trial?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Pros and Cons of Non-Inferiority (Equivalence) Trials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Use of Placebo in Large-Scale, Pragmatic Trials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Placebo Controls in Clinical Trials of New Therapies for Conditions for which there are Known Effective Treatments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 5: Priorities for Future Research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Research and Ethical Agenda.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 6: Conclusions and Future Directions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Conclusions and Future Directions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Medicine: general issues [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Medicine: general issues\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Medicine:%20general%20issues%20%5BMB%5D%22\"\u003eMB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"BMJ Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406514549016,"sku":"9780727915948","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780727915948.jpg?v=1784139431","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/science-of-the-placebo-toward-an-interdisciplinary-research-agenda-paperback-softback-9780727915948","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}