It seems reasonable and logical to me, to Personalize the Placebo Effect for each individual patient.
Next year, I will be publishing a book describing how each Healthcare Provider, e.g. Doctor, could Enhance the Placebo Effect of the prescribed Medicine/Treatment for each Patient.
This might lead to less dependence on medicines/treatments, with their accompanying side-effects.
This book will be more of a How-To Book for Healthcare Professionals and even Patients.
What the doctor says or does makes a huge difference in the Perceived Effectiveness of Medicines/Treatments.
To accomplish this book, I will be looking at "what's been done before" and offer up ideas on "what else could be done". This might be a first-of-kind book on this topic, from which others could build upon.
From what I see so far by my preliminary research below, the Placebo Effect is affected by many factors including the Patient's Personality, Age, Race, Gender, Religion, Culture, Belief Systems, etc.
By developing a Placebo Maximization Profile for each Patient, the doctor could say or do things to Maximize the Perceived Effectiveness of the prescribed Medicine/Treatment.
The doctor/nurse could also advise the patient how to continue the enhance perceived effectiveness at home.
I foresee learning about the patient by prepared patient questionnaires to generally help the doctor "learn about the patient", i.e. "find out what makes the patient tick".
In addition to developing a Placebo Maximization Profile, this questionnaire would help the doctor and patient get along better and improve communication. generally.
Want to know more? You'll have to wait until I publish my book next year. Stay tuned!
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