Placebo and Nocebo Effects
Luana Colloca, Arthur J. Barsky
Abstract
Placebo and nocebo effects (effects of patients’ positive and negative expectations) are powerful and pervasive in clinical practice. Neurobiologic mechanisms, information offered about treatment, prior encounters with a drug or procedure, and the therapeutic milieu can all generate these effects.
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