Pain and the placebo: What we have learned

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 248-265

  Hoffman, Ginger A ^a   Harrington, Anne ^b   Fields, Howard U ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESEARCH; HEADACHE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEUROBIOLOGY; PAIN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 17744381965     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2005.0054     Document Type: Review

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