Manufacturing the placebo effect
Authors: Hardman, D.
Journal: Philosophical Investigations
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN: 0190-0536
DOI: 10.1111/phin.12341
Abstract:In the context of modern medicine, the placebo effect is a troublesome and controversial phrase. In this paper, I use investigative ordinary language philosophy to try to get clear on what it means. In so doing, I uncover three points. (i) The placebo effect makes sense in research but not clinical practice. (ii) To make the phrase make sense in clinical practice, we must manufacture a situation in which we can change linguistic habits. (iii) Such action is not necessary because in clinical practice we do better with other, more settled words and phrases.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36560/
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Manufacturing the placebo effect
Authors: Hardman, D.
Journal: Philosophical Investigations
Volume: 45
Issue: 4
Pages: 414-429
ISSN: 0190-0536
Abstract:In the context of modern medicine, the placebo effect is a troublesome and controversial phrase. In this paper, I use investigative ordinary language philosophy to try to get clear on what it means. In so doing, I uncover three points. (i) The placebo effect makes sense in research but not clinical practice. (ii) To make the phrase make sense in clinical practice, we must manufacture a situation in which we can change linguistic habits. (iii) Such action is not necessary because in clinical practice we do better with other, more settled words and phrases.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36560/
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