The Significance of the Placebo Effect
- Created by: Simi Solanke
- Created on: 01-01-21 14:35
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- The Significance of the Placebo Effect
- What is it?
- Psychological theories about why and how it occurs in the mind.
- Biological reasoning - what happens in the brain?
- The history of its use in medicine
- Notable case studies
- Was it always used in drug trials, or other aspects of medicine as well?
- Who was the first to coin the term - who discovered it?
- Effectiveness at relivieng symptoms through time
- Comparisons to the real medication - are there statistical differences in their effectiveness?
- Ethical Issues
- The 4 pillars of medical ethics - autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice
- Does this limit their use in medicine?
- Should they be used in hospitals?
- The 4 pillars of medical ethics - autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice
- The power of the mind
- Do we have the potential to treat ourselves without chemical interference?
- Is everyone equally susceptible to the effects of this phenomenon?
- And therefore can it be used a universal treatment?
- What is it?
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