the placebo effect and how to practice
the art
of placebology. I have a bigger
question, however. Can the computer
scientists write a program that exerts
a placebo effect?
that being an empathetic, caring,
competent human being in the
physical presence of my patients
makes a huge difference. This is
why the epidemic of compassion
fatigue and burnout in medicine is so
damaging to our profession.
Records, it is highly likely our clinical
decision-making skills will soon be
replicated by computers.
like they actually care about you and
solve the riddle of capturing the art of
placebology in binary code, then we
will all be out of a job.