UID:
almafu_9961252600102883
Format:
1 online resource (78 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781009092685
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1009092685
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9781009092883
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100909288X
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9781009085496
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1009085492
Series Statement:
Cambridge elements. Elements in bioethics and neuroethics
Content:
Placebo effects raise some fundamental questions concerning the nature of clinical and medical research. This Element begins with an overview of the different roles placebos play, followed by a survey of significant studies and dominant views about placebo mechanisms. It then critically examines the concept of placebo and offers a new definition that avoids the pitfalls of other attempts. The main philosophical lesson is that background medical theories provide the ontology for clinical and medical research. Because these theories often contain incoherent and arbitrary classifications, the concept of placebo inherits the same messiness. The Element concludes by highlighting some impending challenges for placebo studies.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Sep 2023).
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- What Placebos Teach Us about Health and Care: A Philosopher Pops a Pill -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 History and Conceptual Landscape -- 1.1 Overdosing on Placebos -- 1.2 The Three-Fold Distinction of Placebo -- 1.3 Placebos to Placate -- 1.4 Placebos as Controls -- 1.5 Placebos as Therapies -- 1.6 Three Kinds of Placebos? -- 2 A Survey of Placebo Studies -- 2.1 Why These Studies Matter -- 2.2 The Start of the Modern Placebo Discussion -- 2.3 Multiple Pathways of Placebo Analgesia -- 2.4 Objective Measurements of Placebo Effects -- 2.5 Placebo Surgeries Can Improve Mobility -- 2.6 Debunking Placebo Effects -- 2.7 Labels, Sizes, and Colors Can Affect the Magnitude of Placebo Effects -- 3 Mechanisms of Placebo Effects -- 3.1 An Evolutionary Story -- 3.2 Placebo Effect as Conditioned Response -- 3.3 Placebo Effect as the Result of Expectation -- 3.4 The Bayesian Brain Mode -- 3.5 Meaning Response -- 3.6 Plausible Narratives and the Stigma of Placebo Effects -- 4 Philosophical Implications of Placebos: From the Elusiveness of Placebos to the Challenge of Authenticity -- 4.1 How Not to Define Placebos -- 4.2 From Defining Placebos to Defining Treatments -- 4.3 Background Theories Distinguish Characteristic and Incidental Features of a Treatment -- 4.4 The Messiness of Background Theories Makes Defining Placebo Messy -- 4.5 Placebos and Authenticity -- 5 The Near Future of Placebo Research -- 5.1 Methodological Problems -- 5.2 Developing and Approving Placebo Treatments -- 5.3 Incorporating Placebos into Clinical Care -- 5.4 Placebos and the Meaning of Life -- 5.5 Why Placebos Should Fascinate Philosophers -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009087933
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1009087932
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009454452
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1009454455
Language:
English
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