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?
Continue reading this article
Select an option below:
Create your account to get 2 free subscriber-only articles each month.
Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org.
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.).