Nocebos and Placebos

will be the topic of the next meeting of

The Rosenthal Center Journal Club

Wednesday, April 23, 2003

12:30 to 1:30 PM

Parkinson Room
						
					
Black Building Third Floor Rm 306
						
					

(brown-bag lunch)

The articles will be: Cannon WB and "Voodoo" Death. American Anthropologist, 1942;44(new series):169-181. Am J Public Health. 2002 Oct;92(10):1593-6; discussion 1594-5.

Sternberg EM. Walter B. Cannon and " 'Voodoo' Death": a perspective from 60 years on. Am J Public Health 2002 Oct;92(10):1564-6

Moerman DE, Jonas WB. Deconstructing the placebo effect and finding the meaning response. Ann Intern Med. 2002;136:471-476.

Kaptchuk TJ. The placebo effect in alternative medicine: can the performance of a healing ritual have clinical significance? Ann Intern Med. 2002; 136:817-825.

The presenter :
Constance Molino Park, MD, Ph.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine,
College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
New Yor - Presbyterian Hospital