
Negative reactions to placebo medications -- sometimes called "nocebo effects" -- are well documented. Similar responses can be induced in suggestible patients when providers use language that tends to increase patients' stress and negative expectations. Several common "language traps" are examined and alternative ways to communicate with patients are suggested.
Psycholinguistics, Attitude of Health Personnel, Communication Barriers, Directive Counseling, Placebo Effect, Semantics, Self Care, Patient Education as Topic, Assertiveness, Set, Psychology, Humans, Nurse-Patient Relations, Attitude to Health, Hypnosis, Negativism, Stress, Psychological
Psycholinguistics, Attitude of Health Personnel, Communication Barriers, Directive Counseling, Placebo Effect, Semantics, Self Care, Patient Education as Topic, Assertiveness, Set, Psychology, Humans, Nurse-Patient Relations, Attitude to Health, Hypnosis, Negativism, Stress, Psychological
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