--- In [email protected], "shanti2218411" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -I am defining hope here as the the expectation that things can change > in a positive way.It is well understood that any treatment will > influence a persons expectations.The word treatment here is broadly > defined ie anything the person construes might bear on their how > effective thier therapy will be eg what medical school the Dr went > to,whether a friend has benefited from the rx.So if your Dr went to > Harvard you MAY have more "hope" that your rx will be effective and > your condition will improve(this will depend on what you think about > his having gone to Harvard).Positive expectations have been shown to > affect real clinical measures eg how quickly a person's temp returns > to normal post sugery.When you give a person a drug you can > potentially strongly influence his expections that he will obtain > relief/improvement.
All good and insightful points. It would be interesting to see some studies on TM (or other yoga / meditation / tantra methods) in which one grouip had the standard intro lectures are given -- which some would say build expectations, even initial conditioning, about the results of the practice. And compare this another group with a "pearls before swine approach": no expectations-laced intro lecture, rather "here is a technique, it may help or may hurt you, try it out and report back". To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
