Nocebos and nocebo effects still exist though Hippocrates had recommended that patients would not be harmed

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 207-208

  Conti, Andrea A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c Centro Italiano per la Medicina Basata sulle Prove   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; NOCEBO; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DOCUMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOCEBO EFFECT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBOS;

EID: 70450231651     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.07.023     Document Type: Letter

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