Series Foreword vii
Introduction: The Black Door 1
1 Placebos: A Brief History 15
2 How Expectations and Conditioning Shape Placebo Effects 47
3 The Brain on Placebos 67
4 Nocebo Effects in Modern Medicine 89
5 Placebos in Clinical Trials 107
6 The Placebo Effect in Surgery 127
7 Who Responds? 137
8 Placebo Redux 155
Acknowledgments 167
Glossary 169
Notes 173
Further Reading 193
Index 195
Kathryn T. Hall is Deputy Executive Director of Boston Public Health Commission and Assistant Professor (part-time) in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Molecular Biologist in the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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