Shadow Medicine ─ The Placebo in Conventional and Alternative Therapies
商品簡介
A distinguished historian of medicine, John S. Haller Jr. explores the epistemological foundations of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and the challenges it presents for both conventional and alternative therapies. In his exploration of a productive reconciliation in their conflicting approaches, Haller maintains a healthy, scientific skepticism but still finds promise in some complementary and alternative (CAM ) therapies. The placebo forms the central focus of the book, as Haller elucidates the latest findings on how new research about the placebo effect might lead to a more robust medical practice including both the objectivity of evidence-based medicine and the subjectivity and narrative truth of the physician-patient relationship.
The book offers a thoughtful tour of key topics in the standoff between EBM and CAM: how and why the double blinded, randomized clinical trial (RCT) came to be called the "gold standard" in modern medicine; the challenge of postmodern medicine that countered the positivism of evidence-based medicine; the politics of modern CAM and the rise of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine; an in-depth case study of homeopathy explaining why this modality has emerged as a poster-child for CAM; and finally an assessment of CAM's popularity despite its poor performance in clinical trials. Haller ends with hope that new experimental protocols might tease out the evidentiary basis for the placebo effect, therefore establishing a foundation for some reconciliation between EBM and CAM.
作者簡介
John S. Haller Jr. is emeritus professor of history and medical humanities at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His most recent books include The History of American Homeopathy: From Rational Medicine to Holistic Health Care; Swedenborg, Mesmer, and the Mind-Body Complex: The Roots of Complementary Medicine; and The History of New Thought: From Mental Healing to Positive Thinking and the Prosperity Gospel.
您曾經瀏覽過的商品
購物須知
外文書商品之書封，為出版社提供之樣本。實際出貨商品，以出版社所提供之現有版本為主。部份書籍，因出版社供應狀況特殊，匯率將依實際狀況做調整。
無庫存之商品，在您完成訂單程序之後，將以空運的方式為你下單調貨。為了縮短等待的時間，建議您將外文書與其他商品分開下單，以獲得最快的取貨速度，平均調貨時間為1~2個月。
為了保護您的權益，「三民網路書店」提供會員七日商品鑑賞期(收到商品為起始日)。
若要辦理退貨，請在商品鑑賞期內寄回，且商品必須是全新狀態與完整包裝(商品、附件、發票、隨貨贈品等)否則恕不接受退貨。