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Placebo Effects in Medicine

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  • Ted J. Kaptchuk,
  • and Franklin G. Miller, Ph.D.

Research has revealed placebo effects to be genuine biopsychosocial phenomena representing more than simply spontaneous remission or normal symptom fluctuations. How can this understanding be used to benefit patients?

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Author Affiliations

From the Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston (T.J.K.); and the Clinical Center, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (F.G.M.).

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