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Magazine article page
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Summary
This page from a New Yorker article discusses the nuances of the placebo effect, contrasting statistical meta-analyses by researchers like Asbjørn Hróbjartsson with the experimental work of Ted Kaptchuk. It details Kaptchuk's "open-label" placebo study on I.B.S. patients and explores the philosophical implications of placebo research in modern medicine. The text also delves into Kaptchuk's personal history as a radical activist in the 1960s and his background in Chinese medicine.
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| Ted Kaptchuk | ||
| Asbjørn Hróbjartsson | ||
| Robert Trivers | ||
| Beecher | ||
| Wayne Jonas | ||
| Mao |
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Timeline (4 events)
Publication of "Is the Placebo Powerless?"
Beecher's 1955 paper
Kaptchuk's I.B.S. study
Founding of Columbia SDS chapter (1965)
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Key Quotes (4)
"“The entire idea of a placebo is very ‘soapy,’” Hróbjartsson continued. “It slips away whenever you try to find a border.”"Source
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"“We found little evidence in general that placebos had powerful clinical effects,” Hróbjartsson wrote."Source
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"“I was raised in a crazy home, and it prepared me to accept any proposition,” he said."Source
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"“My father was a Red, so I have a tendency to get pleasure from subversiveness.”"Source
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