Nocebo effect, the: overdiagnosis and its costs
Auteur :
Justman, Stewart
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781137523280
Date de publication :
11 août 2015
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The Nocebo Effect documents the transformation of normal problems into medical ones and brings out the risks of this inflationary practice. One notable risk is that people labeled as sick may find themselves living up to their label through the alchemy of the nocebo effect.