What Placebos Teach Us about Health and Care: A Philosopher Pops a Pill (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009454452)

Placebo effects raise some fundamental questions concerning the nature of clinical and medical research. This Element begins with an overview of the different roles placebos play, followed by a survey of significant studies and dominant views about placebo mechanisms. It then critically examines the concept of placebo and offers a new definition that avoids the pitfalls of other attempts. The main philosophical lesson is that background medical theories provide the ontology for clinical and medical research. Because these theories often contain incoherent and arbitrary classifications, the concept of placebo inherits the same messiness. The Element concludes by highlighting some impending challenges for placebo studies.

Author: Dien Ho
ISBN-10: 1009454455
ISBN-13: 9781009454452
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/14/2023
Pages: 75
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d