The Placebo Response: How You Can Release the Body's Inner Pharmacy for Better Health

by Howard Brody and Daralyn Brody

Book Overview

In this provocative book, the authors combine cutting-edge research with practical advice to explore the science behind the body's "inner pharmacy" and how people can harness its power rather than... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060194936
• ISBN13: 9780060194932
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.1" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

The Healing Power of the Mind to Body With a Placebo Reaction

This book is loaded with information about the Placebo response. This book proves in many ways that a placebo response does take place in the human mind & body. It's good info for physicians, patients, psychologists. You will learn about how even a negative placebo response can happen, psychoneuroimmunology, getting well by forgiveness, & much more. It's a fascinating subject.

Medical Professionals role in the Placebo Response

Every young intern wanting to become a good and effective doctor or nurse should read this book. Although the theme of this book is about the latest research and the applications of the Placebo phenomenon in medical healing,any reader of this book will surely sense this reccuring message that the sincere carings, genuine efforts,and empathy communicated by the medical care-giver as a positive message to the patient can actually stimulates the bodies's inner healing power,reinforcing the patient's positive mental response and faith towards the medication/treatment.

Wow

This book contains amazing info about placebo, research, and the practice of medicine.I found it hard to get into his using-the-placebo-effect-for-your-own-health section... and it seemed kind of awkward that the book was divided in half... half-research and discussion, and the other half application...But it's well worth it for the first part.