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The magic feather effect : the science of alternative medicine and the surprising power of belief / Melanie Warner.

by Warner, Melanie.

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Scribner, 2019.

Alternative medicine.

Placebos (Medicine)

9781501121494 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Science of alternative medicine and the surprising power of belief

x, 278 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260) and index.

Donna's Eden: under the influence of an energy healer -- Lost in translation: the enduring practice of acupuncture -- Telltale toothpicks: acupuncture and the randomized, placebo-controlled trial -- The pharmacy within: what does a placebo effect feel like? -- Healing partners: a case of vanishing back pain -- My back is out: the hand therapy of chiropractic -- This feeling in my body: how acupuncture really works -- Brain pain: the modern neuroscientific view of pain -- The illness of disease: energy medicine and a rare disease -- The Zen response: stress reduction and the immune system -- The emotional rescue: a miracle at Lourdes -- All in my head: the German psychosomatics -- Something to believe in: waking up neurons after a spinal cord injury -- Believing is seeing: searching for signs of healing energy -- Why doctors need to be more like alternative healers (and vice versa).

An enlightening exploration of alternative medicine discusses the scientific underpinning for a range of practices, the limits and uses of alternative therapies, and the patients and practitioners behind the stories of healing.

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