Reframing placebo in research and practice

Reframing placebo in research and practice
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DOI:
10.1098/rstb.2010.0405
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发表时间:
2011-06-27
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
Jonas, Wayne B.
Jonas, Wayne B.
中科院分区:
生物学1区
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Jonas, Wayne B.

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The terms 'placebo' and 'placebo effects' cause confusion among patients, practitioners and scientists. This confusion results in both the adoption of practices that have no evidence of specificity yet considerable risk (such as surgery for low back pain) or the elimination of clinical practices proven to facilitate healing because they are not 'better than placebo' (such as acupuncture for low back pain). In this article, I discuss these issues and introduce the concept of optimal healing environment as a framework for disentangling what is useful from placebo research for adopting into clinical practice in a manner that is ethical and evidence-based.