SOCECOL 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Acupuncture, Magic Sword, Repetitive Strain Injury
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Have you seen people markedly improve on placebo: feel better (e. g. depression, research suggests changes in brain. Placebo can essentially be a sugar pill: no active drug. Placebo effect: often possible effect: fake pill or surgical procedure. The placebos can cause physical changes in the brain. To turn the placebo effect into a useful therapeutic tool. People always expected, if they were sick, to take a drug. Authoritative - tells you about the planets that govern it: like saying that this has been proven in clinical trials. Herbal remedies: unlikely they actually cured many diseases. Medicines work in different kinds of ways: physiological effect. Placebo - inert substance masquerading as medicine. Patients didn"t need to have full consent/information. Participants are told that you might be on the medication or the placebo. Big imposing research institution see warm and caring nurse in a white coat. They believe they"re going to get help.
