Bad is more powerful than good: The nocebo response in medical consultations

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 126-129

  Greville Harris, Maddy ^a   Dieppe, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communicating understanding; Doctor patient interaction; Health communication; Invalidation; Nocebo response; Placebo response; Validation

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOCEBO EFFECT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NOCEBO EFFECT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84921326667     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.08.031     Document Type: Review

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