What Is a Placebo? Q and A with Ted Kaptchuk

What is a placebo? What should I know about the placebo effect when it comes to my health care decisions? Are some people more likely to respond to placebo than others? Why are placebos important in research? What is the nocebo effect?

Ted Kaptchuk talks about the placebo effect and the therapeutic encounter, including the role of placebo in scientific research and what consumers should know about the placebo effect in their health care decision-making.

Ted Kaptchuk is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter (PiPS) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Ted Kaptchuk’s research in the field of placebo studies has focused on the impact of placebos in various illnesses, the neurobiology of placebo effects, and the experience of patients being treated by placebo.

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Ted, I have read your research and would like invite your to be a guest on our Podcast.
I understand your main audience are Practitioners but consider A care team may include physicians, nurses, and physician assistants, as well as psychologists and social workers. Equally as important are frontline health care workers. This group represents an estimated 50% of the 18 million individuals employed in the U.S. health care workforce. These individuals often serve as the initial point of contact and/or ongoing peer support for patients and caregivers throughout their health care experience.

My focus is to create an awareness, understanding and affects of the neurological and biochemical affects of Interpersonal communication within Healthcare Setting.
It would be most appreciate to discuss this with you.