%0 Journal Article
%T Medical Error and Medical Truth: The Placebo Effect and Room for Choice in Ayurveda
%A Dominik Wujastyk
%J Health, Culture and Society
%D 2011
%I University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
%R 10.5195/hcs.2011.14
%X I attempt to relativize allopathic medicine, or Modern Establishment Medicine (MEM), specifically in the context of the ayurvedic medical system of India, and to promote Daniel Moerman¡¯s concept of the medical ¡°meaning response¡± as a preferable conceptualization of the phenomena usually subsumed under the name ¡°placebo.¡± Finally, I suggest that once these steps have been taken, a space opens up in which informed ayurvedic practice ¨C indeed, any human activities aimed at promoting health ¨C may find a valid place.
%K Ayurveda
%K India
%K Medicine
%K Alternative medicine
%K Establishment medicine
%K Placebo
%K Meaning effect
%K Iatrogenic death
%K Britain
%K National Health Service
%U http://hcs.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/hcs/article/view/14