Harnessing Placebo Effects in Primary Care: Using the Person-Based Approach to Develop an Online Intervention to Enhance Practitioners' Communication of Clinical Empathy and Realistic Optimism During Consultations

Harnessing Placebo Effects in Primary Care: Using the Person-Based Approach to Develop an Online Intervention to Enhance Practitioners' Communication of Clinical Empathy and Realistic Optimism During Consultations

Background: Empathic communication and positive messages are important components of “placebo” effects and can improve patient outcomes, including pain. Communicating empathy and optimism to patients within consultations may also enhance the effects of verum, i.e., non-placebo, treatments. This is p...

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Main Authors: Kirsten A. Smith, Jane Vennik, Leanne Morrison, Stephanie Hughes, Mary Steele, Riya Tiwari, Jennifer Bostock, Jeremy Howick, Christian Mallen, Paul Little, Mohana Ratnapalan, Emily Lyness, Pranati Misurya, Geraldine M. Leydon, Hajira Dambha-Miller, Hazel A. Everitt, Felicity L. Bishop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Pain Research
Subjects:
placebo effects
primary medical care
doctor patient communication
clinical empathy
optimism
osteoarthritis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2021.721222/full

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