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Review
. 2008 May;101(5):222-5.
doi: 10.1258/jrsm.2008.070466.

The power of context: reconceptualizing the placebo effect

Franklin G Miller  1 , Ted J Kaptchuk
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Review

The power of context: reconceptualizing the placebo effect

Franklin G Miller et al. J R Soc Med. 2008 May.
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