A Critique: An Imperceptible & Mystifying Unity Binding Placebo, Religion & Spirituality
Keywords:
Placebo, mental treatment, biological and psychological treatment, perception cures, medicine and treatment
Abstract
In this paper, the scholar talks about how placebo influences the mind of the people. The author argues both the sides such as how placebo is though not a real medicine, it cures people. It is an effective method to cure an ailing person from both biological and psychological perspetcives.
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13. M. G., Meraviglia. Critical analysis of spirituality and its empirical indicators—prayer and meaning in life. J. Holist. Nurs. 17, 18–33, 1999. (doi:10.1177/089801019901700103)
14. R. J., Davidson, et al. Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation. Psychosom. Med. 65, 564–570, 2003. (doi:10.1097/01.PSY.0000077505.67574.E3)
Published
2021-02-15
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Khetarpal, D. D. “A Critique: An Imperceptible & Mystifying Unity Binding Placebo, Religion & Spirituality”. Contemporary Literary Review India, Vol. 8, no. 1, Feb. 2021, pp. 65-85, https://www.literaryjournal.in/index.php/clri/article/view/782.
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