{"product_id":"science-of-the-placebo-9780727915948","title":"Science of the Placebo","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on a meeting in November 2000, this book brings together researchers from a wide range of disciplines to examine the biological, behavioral, social, cultural and ethical aspects related to the placebo effect. Perspectives on the necessity for including a placebo in randomized clinical trials will also be examined.\u003cbr\u003e This is the first attempt to examine the evidence-base of the placebo effect and will provide important information for clinicans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors. \u003cp\u003eForeword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 An Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 1: Historical and Ethical Perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 “Seeing” the Placebo Effect: Historical Legacies and Present Opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Ethical Issues in Use of Placebo in Medical Practice and Clinical Trials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 2: Elucidating Placebo Effects: Explanatory Mechanisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Explanatory Mechanisms for Placebo Effects: Cultural Influences and the Meaning Response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Explanatory Mechanisms for Placebo Effects: Cognition, Personality and Social Learning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Explanatory Mechanisms for Placebo Effects: Pavlovian Conditioning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Regression to the Mean or Placebo Effect?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 3: Elucidating Placebo Effects: Intervening Psychophysiology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Neuriendocrine Meidators of Placebo Effects on Immunity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Endogenous Opioid and Non-Opioid Pathways as Mediators of Placebno Analgesia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 4: Use of Placebo Groups in Clinical Trials-Methodological and Ethical Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Placebo controlled Trials and Active Controlled Trials: Ethics and Inference.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 When is it Appropriate to Use a Placebo Arm in a Trial?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Pros and Cons of Non-Inferiority (Equivalence) Trials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Use of Placebo in Large-Scale, Pragmatic Trials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Placebo Controls in Clinical Trials of New Therapies for Conditions for which there are Known Effective Treatments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 5: Priorities for Future Research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Research and Ethical Agenda.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 6: Conclusions and Future Directions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Conclusions and Future Directions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404133245271,"sku":"9780727915948","price":39.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780727915948.jpg?v=1730485520","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/science-of-the-placebo-9780727915948","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}