UID:
almafu_9959244694302883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 172 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-107-13120-0
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1-280-41912-1
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9786610419128
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0-511-81085-7
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1-139-14733-1
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0-511-17782-8
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0-511-07390-9
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0-511-07371-2
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0-511-30526-5
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0-511-07380-1
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in medical anthropology ; 9
Content:
Daniel Moerman presents an innovative and enlightening discussion of human reaction to the meaning of medical treatment. Traditionally, the effectiveness of medical treatments is attributed to specific elements, such as drugs or surgical procedures, but many things happen in medicine which simply cannot be accounted for in this way. The same drug can work differently when presented in different colours; drugs with widely advertised names can work better than the same drug without the name; inert drugs (placebos, dummies) often have dramatic effects on people (the 'placebo effect'); and effects can vary hugely among different European countries where the 'same' medical condition is understood differently, or has different meanings. This is true for surgery as well as for internal medicine. This lively 2002 book reviews and analyses these matters in lucid, straightforward prose, guiding the reader through a very complex body of literature, leaving nothing unexplained but avoiding any over-simplification.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "Pickle ash" and "high blood"; Part I The meaning response; Part II Applications, challenges, and opportunities; Part III Meaning and human biology; References; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-00087-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-80630-5
Language:
English
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511810855
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511810855
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