DISCUSSION 1

DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING IN ONE TO TWO PARAGRAPHS.

Why is it thought that the placebo effect challenges modern medicine?

Why is the concept of the placebo effect particularly important and relevant to the field of health psychology?

What ethical issues are involved with the use of the placebo as a pain control treatment in research and in actual clinical treatment? In effect, is a doctor who prescribes a sugar pill (even if it works) to lessen symptoms harming a patient? What do you think of the use of the placebo?

DISCUSSION 2 ONE OR TWO PARAGRAPHS

Why can chronic, advancing, and terminal illnesses be considered family illnesses? Please feel free to include any personal experiences that you have had with this topic.