Shadow Medicine: The Placebo in Conventional and Alternative Therapies
by John S Haller Jr
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0231169043
- ISBN 13
- 9780231169042
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Haller's book tours key topics in the standoff between EBM and CAM: how and why the double blinded, randomized clinical trial (RCT) came to be considered the gold standard in modern medicine; the challenge of postmodern medicine as it counters the positivism of evidence-based medicine; and the politics of modern CAM and the rise of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He conducts an in-depth case study of homeopathy, explaining why it has emerged as a poster-child for CAM, and assesses CAM's popularity despite its poor performance in clinical trials. Haller concludes with hope, showing how new experimental protocols might tease out the evidentiary basis for the placebo effect and establish a foundation for some reconciliation between EBM and CAM.
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- Title
- Shadow Medicine: The Placebo in Conventional and Alternative Therapies
- Author
- John S Haller Jr
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0231169043
- ISBN 13
- 9780231169042
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- medicine, placebo, alternative therapy
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- Science/Nature Writing;
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