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Ted Jack Kaptchuk

Professor of Medicine
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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.

Acupressure-acupuncture antiemetic prophylaxis in children undergoing tonsillectomy.
Authors: Authors: Shenkman Z, Holzman RS, Kim C, Ferrari LR, DiCanzio J, Highfield ES, Van Keuren K, Kaptchuk T, Kenna MA, Berde CB, Rockoff MA.
Anesthesiology
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Acupuncture and amitriptyline for HIV-related peripheral neuropathic pain.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ.
JAMA
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Are randomized control trial outcomes influenced by the inclusion of a placebo group?: a systematic review of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug trials for arthritis treatment.
Authors: Authors: Rochon PA, Binns MA, Litner JA, Litner GM, Fischbach MS, Eisenberg D, Kaptchuk TJ, Stason WB, Chalmers TC.
J Clin Epidemiol
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The persuasive appeal of alternative medicine.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ, Eisenberg DM.
Ann Intern Med
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Medical malpractice implications of alternative medicine.
Authors: Authors: Studdert DM, Eisenberg DM, Miller FH, Curto DA, Kaptchuk TJ, Brennan TA.
JAMA
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Chiropractic: origins, controversies, and contributions.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ, Eisenberg DM.
Arch Intern Med
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In the name of medicine.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ.
Ann Intern Med
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Placebo needle for acupuncture.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ.
Lancet
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Courses involving complementary and alternative medicine at US medical schools.
Authors: Authors: Wetzel MS, Eisenberg DM, Kaptchuk TJ.
JAMA
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Powerful placebo: the dark side of the randomised controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ.
Lancet
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