TY  - JOUR
T1  - LEssons from recent research about the placebo effect—from art to science
AU  - Brody H, Miller FG
Y1  - 2011/12/21
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2011.1850
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2612
EP  - 2613
VL  - 306
IS  - 23
N2  - 
Medicine has been of 2 minds, so to speak, regarding the placebo effect in clinical practice. On the one hand, the placebo is disparaged as an inert and deceptive intervention intended to please or placate the patient but without any potential to produce meaningful therapeutic benefit. On the other hand, placebo effects are touted as having the power to produce substantial symptomatic relief across a wide range of medical conditions. Until recently, scientific data that elucidate the mechanisms of placebo effects and evaluate their potential to significantly enhance patient care have been lacking. During the past decade, there have been advances in scientific research on the placebo effect, paving the way for evidence-based techniques for promoting placebo responses in clinical practice in ethically appropriate ways.1 Additionally, practitioner surveys indicate that physicians today appear much more comfortable acknowledging the placebo effect as a therapeutic tool consistent with a scientific understanding of the mind-body connection.2- 3

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1850
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1850
ER  -