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Title: [The placebo effects of good communication]
Author(s): Vliet, L.M. van; Dulmen, S. van; Mistiaen, P.; Bensing, J.M.
Publication year: 2016
Source: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, vol. 160, (2016), article D251
ISSN: 0028-2162
Publication type: Article / Letter to editor

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Subject: Radboudumc 18: Healthcare improvement science RIHS: Radboud Institute for Health Sciences
Organization: Primary and Community Care
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Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
Volume: vol. 160
Article number: D251
Abstract:
- Good communication is important for patients and can elicit placebo effects: true psychobiological effects not attributable to the medical-technical intervention.- It is, however, often unclear which communication behaviours influence specific patient outcomes.- In this article we present insights into the potential effect of specific communication, via specific mechanisms, on specific patient outcomes, including patients' perception of pain.- A recent systematic review and additional literature demonstrate that (a) manipulating patients' expectations, (b) demonstrating empathy, and (c) providing procedural information, might influence patient outcomes.- These placebo effects probably occur via (a) neurobiological responses comparable to the effects of pain medication, (b) reduction of anxiety and stress, and

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