The Powerful Placebo: From Ancient Priest to Modern Physician by Elaine Shapiro, Arthur K. Shapiro

The Powerful Placebo: From Ancient Priest to Modern Physician

Elaine Shapiro, Arthur K. Shapiro

296 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction health history psychology challenging informative medium-paced
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Until this century, most medications prescribed by physicians were pharmacologically inert, if not harmful. That is, physicians were prescribing placebos or worse without knowing it. In a sense, then, the history of medical treatment until relativ...

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