The magic feather effect : the science of alternative medicine and the surprising power of belief / Melanie Warner.
By: Warner, Melanie [author.].
Publisher: New York : Scribner, ©2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.Description: 278 p: 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781501121494.Other title: Science of alternative medicine and the surprising power of belief.Subject(s): Alternative medicine | Placebo Effect | HEALTH & FITNESS / Healing | HEALTH & FITNESS / Healing | MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology | Alternative medicineGenre/Form: Nonfiction. | Nonfiction. | Print books.Summary: Author and journalist Melanie Warner takes readers on a vivid, fascinating journey through the world of alternative medicine. Crossing continents and sides of the debate, visiting prestigious research clinics and ordinary people's homes, she investigates the scientific underpinning for the purportedly magical results of these practices and reveals not only the medical power of beliefs and placebo effects, but also the range, limits, and uses of the surprising system of self-healing that resides inside us.--| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260) and index.
Author and journalist Melanie Warner takes readers on a vivid, fascinating journey through the world of alternative medicine. Crossing continents and sides of the debate, visiting prestigious research clinics and ordinary people's homes, she investigates the scientific underpinning for the purportedly magical results of these practices and reveals not only the medical power of beliefs and placebo effects, but also the range, limits, and uses of the surprising system of self-healing that resides inside us.--