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Summary: | The placebo sometimes produces real results. This book argues that the placebo effect is a real entity in its own right, and has much to tell us about how symbols, settings, and human relationships literally get under our skin.
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Item Description: | "...based on materials that were first presented at a three-day conference entitled 'Placebo: probing the self-healing brain' held at Harvard University, December 7-10, 1994"--P. vii. |
Physical Description: | x, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0674669843 |