Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect' (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology, Series Number 9)
Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect' (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology, Series Number 9) Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect' (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology, Series Number 9) OTHER ARTICLES Traditionally, the effectiveness of medical treatments is attributed to specific elements, such as drugs or surgical procedures. However, many other factors can significantly effect the outcome. Drugs with nationally advertised names can work better than the same drug without the name. Inert drugs (placebos, dummies) often have dramatic effects on some patients and effects can vary greatly among different European countries where the same medical condition is understood differently. Daniel Moerman traverses a complex subject area in this detailed examination of medical variables. Since 1993, Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology has offered researchers and instructors monographs and edited collections of leading scholarship in one of the most li...