Power of Hope A Doctor`s Perspective

Name: Power of Hope A Doctor`s Perspective
Price: 4.85 USD
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ISBN: 9780300076325

ISBN-10: 0300076320

ISBN-13: 9780300076325

Edition: 1999

Authors: Howard Spiro

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This study advocates a method of helping patients with a combination of alternative and mainstream medicine. Spiro encourages physicians to talk and listen to their patients, and to employ alternative approaches.

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 11/10/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 314
Size: 0.52" wide x 0.84" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



The Placebo Drama



The Physician



Pills and Procedures



The Patient and the Disease: Pharmacology and Faith



What Placebos Can Do



Patients and Pain



Autonomy and Responsibility: Three Patients



Objections to Placebos



Alternative Medicine



Placebos, Alternative Medicine, and Healing



Why Doctors Don't Like Placebos



How Placebos May Work



The Patient-Physician Relationship: Loyalty as Guide



The Promise of the Placebo


Notes


Works Cited


Other References


Index