Contents

Series Foreword

Introduction: The Back Door

1 Placebos: A Brief History

2 How Expectations and Conditioning Shape Placebo Effects

3 The Brain on Placebos

4 Nocebo Effects in Modern Medicine

5 Placebos in Clinical Trials

6 The Placebo Effect in Surgery

7 Who Responds?

8 Placebo Redux

Acknowledgments

Glossary

Notes

Further Reading

Index