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Maybe not. From the article: >> "My personal hypothesis is this would not happen without a positive doctor-patient relationship," Kaptchuk said. >> Others ag
by andylei 16y ago
Maybe not. From the article:
>> "My personal hypothesis is this would not happen without a positive doctor-patient relationship," Kaptchuk said.
>> Others agreed.
>> "What seems to be the active ingredient is the warm, personal relationship," said Dr. Howard Brody of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
- gwern 16y agoThose quotes excellently work with the theory of health care & placebos in http://hanson.gmu.edu/showcare.pdf http://hanson.gmu.edu/showcare.pdf
- jerf 16y agoI don't know about you, but I have an excellent doctor-patient relationship with myself and I fully expect that if I prescribe myself placebos it would work just fine.