Placebos: Honest fakery

Jo Marchant
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Jo Marchant: Jo Marchant is a freelance science journalist based in London, and author of Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body (Canongate, 2016).

Nature, 2016, vol. 535, issue 7611, S14-S15

Abstract: Armed with a clearer understanding of how placebos work, researchers are suggesting that inactive substances might be used to mitigate chronic pain.

Date: 2016
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