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Placebo Effects: The Meaning of Care in Medicine

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Abstract

Medical theory is built on medical concepts that differ from everyday concepts since the former acquire their meaning as a part of the theoretical structure of medicine. According to Puustinen (2011), “Medical concepts are in a constant state of change, emerging and disappearing from use. It follows that to understand the content of medical concepts … we need to examine their developmental history in relation to medical theory.”

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Louhiala, P. (2020). The Concepts. In: Placebo Effects: The Meaning of Care in Medicine. The International Library of Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27329-3_2

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