Placebo Effects in Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The Self-Healing Response.

Placebo and Pain: From Bench to Bedside

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 189-202

  Walach, Harald ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Non specific; Placebo effect; Self efficacy; Self healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902415764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397928-5.00019-2     Document Type: Chapter

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