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The Misunderstood Nature of Pain with Haider Warraich

Inquiring Minds

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The Placebo Effect in Chronic Pain

The reason we experience a placibo effect is really because of the medical experience that we undergo in seeing a patient. We tend to be most empathetic for people who look most like us, she says. And unfortunately, chronic pain breaks the rules as there's no lab test or these patients demand more of their physicians and nurses with ampathy than almost any other condition.

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