Talk:Placebo (medicine)

The reason for creating this page is so that I can gradually construct an appropriate page for the merging of the current Placebo and Placebo effect pages without altering the content of either of those pages.

Then, when I have finished, it may be that neither of the Placebo or Placebo effect pages serve any further purpose.

It is, also, important that this article is termed "Placebo (medicine)", so that if anyone else sees a need to further pursue some of the more colloquial speech idioms, and any of the more general usages of the term "placebo", this page will stand there for those who are confused about the wide range of usages, and the general misinformation and misapprehensions that are contained in the general medical literature.

From this, it is certain that they will have a much clearer understanding about whether, indeed, the various "factions" are engaged in a genuine dispute, or are simply "talking past each other".

I have already completed E. Morton Jellinek (I have an amendment to add over the next 24 hours), three-quarters completed Placebo (origins of technical term), and have completed both Uses of the term placebo and Nocebo.

I believe that my task will be completed within 14 days (i.e., by something like 2 July 2006), Best wishes to all Lindsay658 04:41, 17 June 2006 (UTC)