Placebo Effects and the Ethics of Therapeutic Communication: A Pragmatic Perspective

In this article we explore the ethics of manipulating verbal information for the sake of influencing health outcomes through placebo and nocebo responses. Recent scientific research on placebo and nocebo effects has drawn attention to the ways in which communication by health professionals may modul...

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Authors: Annoni, Marco (Author) ; Miller, Franklin G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2016
In: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Year: 2016, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-103
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