The Nocebo Effect

Overdiagnosis and Its Costs
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-57677-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 366 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Justman, Stewart

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Soziologie & Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Please follow the table of contents in the published book.

Über Autor(innen)

Stewart Justman is Professor and Director of the Liberal Studies program at the University of Montana, USA, and has written many books and articles on both medicine and literary history.  For , a study of cancer, he received the 2004 PEN Award for the Art of the Essay.