Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness Distinguished Lecture: Consciousness, "Symbolic Healing," and the Meaning Response

Anthropology of Consciousness

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-210

  Moerman, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Meaning response; Medicine; Placebo effect; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866289599     PISSN: 10534202     EISSN: 15563537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-3537.2012.01061.x     Document Type: Article

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