The Placebo Effect: What's Interesting for Scholars of Religion?

Abstract. The placebo effect these days is no longer merely the insubstantial, subjective response that some patients have to a sham treatment, like a sugar pill. It has been reconceived as a powerful mind-body phenomenon. Because of this, it has also emerged as a complex reference point in a number...

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Main Author: Harrington, Anne (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2011
In: Zygon
Year: 2011, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 265-280
Further subjects:B health and medicine
B Religious healing
B prayer studies
B Placebo effect
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