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SUBMITTER: Chen PA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7494051 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Pin-Hao A PA Cheong Jin Hyun JH Jolly Eshin E Elhence Hirsh H Wager Tor D TD Chang Luke J LJ
Nature human behaviour 20191021 12
Medical treatments typically occur in the context of a social interaction between healthcare providers and patients. Although decades of research have demonstrated that patients' expectations can dramatically affect treatment outcomes, less is known about the influence of providers' expectations. Here we systematically manipulated providers' expectations in a simulated clinical interaction involving administration of thermal pain and found that patients' subjective experiences of pain were direc ...[more]