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The subject of this article is a notable author of books and papers, a tenured professor at the Harvard Medical School and subject to PBS and Scientific American specials. The notability is quite obvious. Bstone (talk) 05:05, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
–Yes, he is obviously a highly notable notable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:72:2E44:8CE0:217:F2FF:FEE9:2000 (talk) 09:34, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
I have removed the excessive list of publications. They are all covered with one URL: http://www.kanherb.com/cons_pi_kh_kaptchuk.asp , which is provided in the article. Kingturtle = (talk) 02:21, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
An argument from Basket of Puppies is that every article a scientist publishes is notable if it appears in a peer reviewed journal. But not every article a scientist's name is on is notable. In a majority of those articles Kaptchuk is the third, fourth or later author listed. So "Ahn, A. C.; Park, M.; Shaw, J. R.; McManus, C. A.; Kaptchuk, T. J.; Langevin, H. M. (2010)" might be notable for Ahn, and maybe even Parks, but it is not notable for someone fifth down the line. Another example is "Eisenberg, D. M.; Harris, E. S. J.; Littlefield, B. A.; Cao, S.; Craycroft, J. A.; Scholten, R.; Bayliss, P.; Fu, Y. et al. (2011)" in which Kaptchuk's name is buried in the et al.! That citation is NOT notable for Kaptchuk. "Kelley, J. M.; Lembo, A. J.; Ablon, J. S.; Villanueva, J. J.; Conboy, L. A.; Levy, R.; Marci, C. D.; Kerr, C. E. et al. (2009)"??? Kingturtle = (talk) 03:49, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
I like how you request that I need to provide something to support my point of view, but you allow yourself to say things like "I think". How exactly do you "think" the order of names is determined in medical journals? Certainly it is not alphabetical. Are you disputing my claim that the most significant author is listed first? On what do you base your dispute? With all due respect, Kingturtle = (talk) 04:30, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Ted Kaptchuk is now the Director of the Harvard-wide Program in Placebo Studies at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (source: http://www.bidmc.org/Research/Departments/Medicine/Divisions/GeneralMedicineandPrimaryCare/ResearchFaculty/Kaptchuk.aspx)
He also has a new personal site that would be good to link to this entry, www.tedkaptchuk.com.
98.216.108.184 (talk) 19:09, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
((edit semi-protected)) Hello I would like to request that the following two articles be added to the External Links section:
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Thank you. DocEven DocEven (talk) 23:51, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
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Please unprotect this page. Thank you. DocEven DocEven (talk) 18:24, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
In this Amazon book review, one reviewer states that Kaptchuk does not have a doctorate (http://www.bidmc.org/Research/Departments/Medicine/Divisions/GeneralMedicineandPrimaryCare/ResearchFaculty/~/media/Files/CentersandDepartments/Medicine/General%20Medicine%20and%20Primary%20Care/Kaptchuk.ashx review by Ben Kavoussi). His Biographical Sketch from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center states that he has a "diploma" in TCM.
The wiki article lists Kaptchuk's personal website as the source for the fact that he has a doctorate. I thought it would be helpful to bring this to your attention so that perhaps this incongruency could be evaluated by some of you (I'm new here and I don't know how all this works). Bonuman (talk) 11:50, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
The answer to this question is a direct quote from the Harvard Magazine article, "(Kaptchuk’s diploma is recognized as a doctorate in many states, but not in Massachusetts.)" Thank you, DocEven DocEven (talk) 06:10, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
According to reporting on this podcast (<http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/2022/07/skeptics-with-a-k-episode-332/>, at about 56:00), the Macao Institute of Chinese Medicine was not recognized by local authorities as an institution of higher education. Hence it cannot issue any kind of "degree," but only a "diploma." Maybe there is a good reason the Institute was not accredited, but any organization whatsoever can issue diplomas according to any criteria whatsoever. It seems to me that Kaptchuk's only academic credential in the medical sciences is that he impressed Harvard enough to be hired—and subsequently granted tenure. Which, of course, means more than most degrees.
More troubling, from the same podcast, Kaptchuk used to misrepresent himself as "Dr. Kaptchuk, OMP." "OMP" is a made-up credential that is supposed to stand for "Oriental Medical Doctor." He eventually abandoned this practice at the request of Harvard. As an academic by training (in an unrelated field), I can attest that this kind of misrepresentation is a big no-no. And from a medical practitioner, I would think it even a worse offense. Although, again, apparently Harvard did not consider it ethically disqualifying.
I don't know if corroborating citations are required, by I would submit that at least some of this be added to the article. PatrickJWelsh (talk) 20:40, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
This summary seems to completely miss the point of the opinion. That such drugs need to be withdrawn is merely stated incidentally as something evident. The piece is about acknowledging and embracing the importance of the placebo effect in patient care: «Crucially, much discussion and reflection is needed among physicians and our health care system as a whole to understand why the act of treatment itself is so powerful to patients even if a pill contains no therapeutic ingredients. Medicine is not only effective drugs and procedures; it’s a human drama of charged engagement. Our team published a study in The BMJ demonstrating that placebo effects can be significantly enhanced in the context of a supportive, respectful and attentive patient-clinician relationship. Acts of human kindness in general are linked to robust placebo effects. Any health intervention, whether it’s cold medicine or a placebo, should be ethical and have measurable benefits if it is to be used. But health care should retain the knowledge that rituals, symbols and human kindness matter immensely when it comes to healing.» Nemo 05:34, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
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