Lynöe N
Department of Social Medicine, Umeå University.
Scand J Soc Med. 1990 Jun;18(2):149-53. doi: 10.1177/140349489001800210.
A common assertion about alternative medical technologies is that their results are solely built upon the placebo effect. The reason for this assertion is due to the facts that the placebo effect is perceived as an irrational quantity, and that the placebo effect is considered unspecific. If it is possible to rehabilitate the placebo effect by interpreting it as a specific effect, what consequences would it have for school medicine and the view of certain alternative medical technologies? To answer these questions it is necessary to investigate just what sort of phenomenon the placebo effect is, and what determines its dimensions.
关于替代医学技术的一个常见断言是，其结果完全基于安慰剂效应。提出这一断言的原因在于，安慰剂效应被视为一个非理性的量，而且被认为是不具有特异性的。如果有可能通过将安慰剂效应解释为一种特定效应来恢复其合理性，那么这将对传统医学以及对某些替代医学技术的看法产生什么后果呢？为了回答这些问题，有必要研究安慰剂效应究竟是何种现象，以及是什么决定了它的程度。
