Byline: Donnelly, Gloria F Volume: 18 Number: 5 ISSN: 08879311 Publication Date: 09-01-2004 Page: 238 Section: FEATURES Type: Periodical Language: English
The growing use of holistic interventions in the form of complementary and alternative therapies has renewed interest in the placebo issue A brief history of cogitation on the placebo effect as a nonspecific, debonafide purport and the result of meaning making were explored. Case situations illustrate the interplay among holistic