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