I think what really grabbed me in this article was that it worked even when patients were given full disclosure and told they didn't have to believe it, and that the doctors themselves did not think the placebo was medicinal. Just ... whoa, weird. Like 'do something!' Works even if you *know* the 'something' is useless.
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Date: 2012-01-04 05:14 pm (UTC)I think what really grabbed me in this article was that it worked even when patients were given full disclosure and told they didn't have to believe it, and that the doctors themselves did not think the placebo was medicinal. Just ... whoa, weird. Like 'do something!' Works even if you *know* the 'something' is useless.