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Podolsky SH. The (Harry) Gold standard: angina, suggestion and the path to the 'double-blind' test and clinical pharmacology. Part 3: the double blind and the rise of 'clinical pharmacology'. J R Soc Med 2023; 116:307-313. [PMID: 37387312 PMCID: PMC10549262 DOI: 10.1177/01410768231183241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/01/2023] Open
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Gaab J. The reasons for its effectiveness, however, remain in dispute—A tribute to Irving Kirsch. Front Psychol 2022; 13:1037678. [DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1037678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Irving Kirsch’s work spans over four decades and provided science and clinical practice with as much invaluable insights in the inner workings of treatments as it provided us and patients with their rights and our duties. Here, two early publications of Irving Kirsch on the topic of psychotherapy and its relation to placebo are revised and put into both a historical and contemporary context to pay tribute to the work of Irving Kirsch.
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Podolsky SH, Welsh BC, Zane SN. Richard Cabot, pair-matched random allocation, and the attempt to compare like with like in the social sciences and medicine. Part 2: the context of medicine and public health. J R Soc Med 2021; 114:264-270. [PMID: 34028295 PMCID: PMC8150561 DOI: 10.1177/01410768211003790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Scott H Podolsky
- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32304, USA
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