Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect' - Moerman, Daniel E. (University of Michigan, Dearborn)

Traditionally, the effectiveness of medical treatments is attributed to specific elements, such as drugs, but many things in medicine cannot be accounted for in this way. For example, inert drugs (placebos) often have dramatic effects on people. This 2002 book guides the reader expertly through a very complex body of literature.