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Ted Jack Kaptchuk

Professor of Medicine
617-945-7827

Ted J. Kaptchuk is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvard-wide Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter (PiPS) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.  He is also a professor of Global Health and Social Medicine.  

For more information, see his personal website.

Affiliation:

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Address: 
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

As a leading figure in placebo studies, a scholar of East Asian medicine, and an academic authority on medical pluralism, Professor Kaptchuk's career has spanned multiple disciplines, drawing upon concepts, research designs and analytical methods from the humanities and basic and clinical and social sciences.

A critical overview of homeopathy.
Authors: Authors: Jonas WB, Kaptchuk TJ, Linde K.
Ann Intern Med
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Complementary and alternative medical therapies: implications for medical education.
Authors: Authors: Wetzel MS, Kaptchuk TJ, Haramati A, Eisenberg DM.
Ann Intern Med
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Informing participants of allocation to placebo at trial closure: postal survey.
Authors: Authors: Di Blasi Z, Kaptchuk TJ, Weinman J, Kleijnen J.
BMJ
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Advising patients who seek complementary and alternative medical therapies for cancer.
Authors: Authors: Weiger WA, Smith M, Boon H, Richardson MA, Kaptchuk TJ, Eisenberg DM.
Ann Intern Med
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Pondering the placebo effect.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk T, Eisenberg D, Komaroff A.
Newsweek
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Research. Finding out what works.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk T, Eisenberg D, Komaroff A.
Newsweek
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Epidemiology research.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ.
Lancet
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The placebo effect in alternative medicine: can the performance of a healing ritual have clinical significance?
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ.
Ann Intern Med
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Acupuncture for the treatment of cocaine addiction.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ.
JAMA
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Acupuncture: theory, efficacy, and practice.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ.
Ann Intern Med
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