Thanks to Trey's suggestion I shall focus my attention on “the placebo effect” as mentioned in Amber’s narrative ‘Insight into the power of belief’. The subject is very interesting and would like to study more about it.
PROPOSAL
The concept of a placebo effect, by which patients get better from the mere illusion of treatment has been a hot topic for debate for a long time. The phenomenon is not fully understood by science, but there has been clinical evidence of its presence. Research shows that the placebo effect can be greater and is far more ubiquitous than commonly thought.
Placebo meaning an inert treatment, given as if it was a real treatment, means lots of different things to different people. We in this thesis propose to study about Placebos, its effects, the response , belief in alternative medicine and last about the ethics of placebo in the contexts of research and in everyday practice.
OUTLINE FOR PROPOSAL
What is Placebo Effect ?
How can it be explained?
Types of placebos.
What causes the placebo effect?
Why do people believe in it?
Why do people believe in alternative medicine?
What are the positive and negative effects of Placebo?
Are placebos dangerous?
Do they have any physiological effects ?
Is Prescribing Placebos Ethical?
Proposal blog
Healing is in the Head
Peer Tags
Hey Mili, Amber here! I was actually just about to make a page about
the ''placebo effect as I touched on in my narrative, when I came across
this. It IS an absolutley ''intruiging topic for discussion and I think it
would be ''great if you and I teamed up to collaborate as a group ''for our
proposal project!! I will start thinking up ''some new ideas for a mission
statement that would ''suit us. Feel free to contact me on AIM or email.
Screen name chikkee8090.
Thanks Amber. Welcome Aboard! It Looks we both are off to great start.
For my part I will start blogging about the the placebo, it's effects(positive or negative)
and so on . Here is my My delicious Tag
Hello Mill, I would love to be part of this group. The topic is very interestig and I could contribute to this project, as I also would like to become more informed on the effect of placebo. You can contact me on my usf e-mail (wajaj@mail.usf.edu) on what needs to be done! look forward to work with you all :-)
Hey Mili, it's Selma, I would love to be in your group, thanks :)
here is my IM if we need to get in touch or my email.....
IM: Sunshineselmicfl@hotmail.com
e-mail: Sunshineselmicfl@yahoo.com
Also, please let me know what your group members and you are already doing....did you guys divide it in different parts or something. Let me know asap, so I know what I should work on. Thanks again :)
Great! Have you seen my blog? Perhaps we can use the ethical problem in forming our thesis
statement? I believe the propsals are due next week. If you have Instant Messanger I am on
alot so contact me soon and we can further discuss how to set up a working document! :)
Let's communicate on wiki Group Communication Page as it is more easier to see each other's responses.
Wow, right on time. I was just suggesting the same, here. I guess I'm a step behind the beat :)
Yes, make the connection, the project looks promising.
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