[Placebo effect: a contribution of social psychology].
This article reviews the psychosocial variables, which are of interest in the relationship between the patient and the physician. According to a classical model of social psychology, such a relationship might contribute to the placebo/nocebo effects. We develop herein various relational and contextual variables, taking into account four dimensions (intra-individual, interpersonal, positional and ideological) and their potential effects on therapeutic responses. This applies both in the setting of daily clinical practice and of clinical trials. The placebo effect offers an opportunity for collaboration and dialogue between social scientists and physicians.
Faculté de médecine de Brest, 22, avenue Camille-Desmoulins, 29238 Brest cedex 3, France. Electronic address: ralph.balez@univ-brest.fr.
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Département de médecine interne et pneumologie, EA 3878, CIC Inserm 0502, IFR 148, hôpital de la Cavale-Blanche, CHRU de Brest, 29609 Brest, France.
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Département de médecine interne et pneumologie, EA 3878, CIC Inserm 0502, IFR 148, hôpital de la Cavale-Blanche, CHRU de Brest, 29609 Brest, France.
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D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D015990:Placebo Effect; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011593:Psychology, Social / Q000379:methods
Clinical trial; Effet Pygmalion; Effet placebo; Essai clinique; Placebo effect; Psychological variables; Psychologie sociale; Pygmalion effect; Social psychology; Variables psychologiques