@article{ref1,
title="Examining a powerful healing effect through a cultural lens, and finding meaning",
journal="Journal of Mind-Body Regulation",
year="2011",
author="Moerman, Daniel E.",
volume="1",
number="2",
pages="63-72",
abstract="In this paper I argue that the &quot;placebo effect&quot; doesn't exist; placebos do, but they are inert so they have no effects (that's what &quot;inert&quot; means). Yet we know that often enough, things do happen after placebo administration. Among various causes for such change, I attribute some effects to the meanings the placebos convey to the participants in the medical event -- the doctors, nurses, patients, family, community, etc., of the patient. I call these &quot;meaning responses,&quot; and survey here some of the ways they occur (with or without the presence of placebos). Then, I describe some recent studies which dramatically complicate the interpretation of RCTs, and our perhaps overly simplistic understandings of the nature of medical efficacy.<p />",
language="",
issn="1925-1688",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}