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- 2014-07-11
- Title
- Shadow Medicine: The Placebo in Conventional and Alternative The
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- ISBN
- 9780231169042
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231169043
ISBN-13
9780231169042
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175758270
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Publication Name
Shadow Medicine : the Placebo in Conventional and Alternative Therapies
Language
English
Subject
Alternative Therapies, Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Pharmacology, Evidence-Based Medicine
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Health & Fitness, Medical
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
18.8 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2013-048051
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Shadow Medicine explores the foundations of both reductionist biomedicine and complementary and alternative medicine. John S. Haller Jr. shows why the former is unable to deal adequately with the placebo effect and the latter cannot judge the efficacy of its individualistic interventions. This book is an important contribution to an understanding of the contemporary health scene and merits a wide audience., Shadow Medicine explores the foundations of both reductionist biomedicine and complementary and alternative medicine. Haller shows why the former in unable to deal adequately with the placebo effect and the latter's inability to judge the efficacy of its individualistic interventions. This book is an important contribution to an understanding of the contemporary health scene and merits a wide audience., Shadow Medicine is authored by a master historian of medicine and represents an exciting voyage through the complex worlds of evidence-based medicine and complementary and alternative therapies. The author, who exercises great objectivity, sees possibilities in the placebo effect eventually serving as a catalyst to create common ground between conventional and alternative therapies., This provocative book is aimed at challenging the research community, and the questions it raises are important for patients and doctors alike., Haller addresses the epistemological foundations of both biomedicine and CAM, and provides incisive analysis of each that sheds light on why tensions between them are so prevalent. By exploring their differences within a historical context, he has made a significant contribution to the understanding of a contemporary medical field.
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
615.5
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Evidence-Based Medicine Normative Science Big Pharma Cochrane Collaboration Cochrane Complementary Medicine Ethics and Equipoise 2. Postmodernist Medicine Psychosomatic Medicine Spirituality Open Door CAM Popularity American Medical Schools 3. "The Powerful Placebo" Beecher's Discovery What and How Doctor as Drug The Factor of Trust The Assumptive World 4. Politics of Healing Office of Alternative Medicine Wayne Jonas Quantitative Methods Working Group NCCAM White House Commission Institute of Medicine Report The Next Decade 5. Complementary and Alternative Medicine's Challenge: A Case Study More of Less Is More: Homeopathy Homeopathic Practice Matter and Energy Ships in the Night To RCT or Not to RCT The Rebuttal The Dilemma 6. Reassessment Appendix: U.S. Centers for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Can Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) find common ground? A distinguished historian of medicine, John S. Haller Jr., explores the epistemological foundations of EBM and the challenges these conceptual tools present for both conventional and alternative therapies. As he explores a possible reconciliation between their conflicting approaches, Haller maintains a healthy, scientific skepticism yet finds promise in select complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies. Haller elucidates recent research on the placebo effect and shows how a new engagement between EBM and CAM might lead to a more productive medical practice that includes both the objectivity of evidence-based medicine and the subjective truth of the physician-patient relationship. Haller's book tours key topics in the standoff between EBM and CAM: how and why the double blinded, randomized clinical trial (RCT) came to be considered the gold standard in modern medicine; the challenge of postmodern medicine as it counters the positivism of evidence-based medicine; and the politics of modern CAM and the rise of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He conducts an in-depth case study of homeopathy, explaining why it has emerged as a poster-child for CAM, and assesses CAM's popularity despite its poor performance in clinical trials. Haller concludes with hope, showing how new experimental protocols might tease out the evidentiary basis for the placebo effect and establish a foundation for some reconciliation between EBM and CAM.
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