Ho What Placebos Teach Us about Health and Care

A Philosopher Pops a Pill
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-009-09288-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Reihe: Elements in Bioethics and Neuroethics

Placebo effects raise some fundamental questions concerning the nature of clinical and medical research. This Element begins with an overview of the different roles placebos play, followed by a survey of significant studies and dominant views about placebo mechanisms. It then critically examines the concept of placebo and offers a new definition that avoids the pitfalls of other attempts. The main philosophical lesson is that background medical theories provide the ontology for clinical and medical research. Because these theories often contain incoherent and arbitrary classifications, the concept of placebo inherits the same messiness. The Element concludes by highlighting some impending challenges for placebo studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ho, Dien

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. History and conceptual landscape; 2. A survey of Placebo studies; 3. Mechanisms of Placebo effects; 4. Philosophical implications of Placebos: from the elusiveness of Placebos to the challenge of authenticity; 5. The near future of Placebo research; References.