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Benedetti is highly analytical in his approach and, at the same time, has the ability to explain complex matters so that they are easily understood. This book should be a must for all who struggle to make sense out of the intriguing phenomenon we call placebo. (Pharmaceutical Press )
Benedetti's book is a lucid and extensive review entrenched in the neuroscience of placebo research and heralding the importance of this area of study. (PsycCRITIQUIES )
... comprehensive and thoughtful volume ... All physicians could learn much from this volume. (New England Journal of Medicine )
The breadth of topics addressed ... make this book an important read for anyone in the medical field. (Journal of the Neurological Sciences )
Benedetti's book is a lucid and extensive review entrenched in the neuroscience of placebo research and heralding the importance of this area of study. (PsycCRITIQUIES )
... comprehensive and thoughtful volume ... All physicians could learn much from this volume. (New England Journal of Medicine )
The breadth of topics addressed ... make this book an important read for anyone in the medical field. (Journal of the Neurological Sciences )
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Highly commended in the Medicine Category of the BMA Book Awards 2009
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This is a very thorough review of the medical research literature on the placebo effect, by one of the key researchers of recent years. It is packed full of summaries of numerous research studies. It is therefore something of an effort to read, though really is well written, the effort is because of the huge amount of information contained within it. For a summary of the research on the placebo effect, I don't think it can be beaten. As with any author, his own views no doubt influence the interpretation he places on the results in subtle ways. Well worth the read for anyone interested in this subject.
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Having used this book as part of an undergrad psychology dissertation, it is a very interesting read which documents the latest advances in placebo effect research over the last few decades. The author is the most prominent researcher in the Placebo Effect to date, and the book contains the latest research in the field. Their background is on the placebo effect in pain (as is much of the research in the field) and so this book does focus slightly more on this area. It does cover other areas including the origins of the placebo effect by Beecher back in the 1950s, the effect of suggestion within clinical settings, and specific diseases such as Parkinson's Disease and placebo surgery!
This book provides a clear and compelling case for arguing the placebo effect is a real phenomena, and is an interesting general read, but may also be relevant for those with psychological or medical backgrounds.
This book provides a clear and compelling case for arguing the placebo effect is a real phenomena, and is an interesting general read, but may also be relevant for those with psychological or medical backgrounds.
1 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent look at the research on placebo's,what they can and can't do,also the ethics of using them.
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