Understanding and preventing nocebo responses to medicines

A nocebo effect is the experience of unpleasant symptoms in response to an inert exposure. The effect may explain many of the side effects that are attributed to medications. Preventing nocebo effects should reduce costs to health services and improve patients’ quality of life. The mechanisms underl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Webster, Rebecca Katie
Other Authors: Weinman, John Alfred
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2018
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.740009