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Patients' direct experiences as central elements of placebo analgesia
- Source :
- Vase, L, Nørskov, K, Petersen, G L & Price, D D 2011, ' Patients’ direct experiences as central elements of placebo analgesia ', Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions. Biological Sciences, vol. 366, no. 1572, pp. 1913-1921 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0402
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- The Royal Society, 2011.
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Abstract
- Placebo analgesic effects appear to be related to patients' perception of the therapeutic intervention. In this paper, we review quantitative findings of how the relationship with the physician and the verbal suggestions given for relief may influence patients' perception of a treatment and how patients' expectations and emotional feelings may affect treatment outcome. We also present qualitative data from interviews with patients who have experienced pain relief following a placebo or an active treatment. A special focus is given to the temporal development of placebo analgesia at psychological and neurophysiological levels. Finally, we discuss the extent to which the quantitative and qualitative findings supplement or contrast with each other, and we touch upon possible implications of patients' direct experience as central for placebo analgesia.
- Subjects :
- Analgesics
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Analgesic
Qualitative property
Articles
Placebo Effect
Affect (psychology)
Placebo
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Placebos
Feeling
Perception
Intervention (counseling)
Physical therapy
medicine
Humans
Pain Management
Analgesia
Direct experience
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
business
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14712970 and 09628436
- Volume :
- 366
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d952dbe4e731b761e0e93123f930bcc7