The Foundation for the Science of the Therapeutic Encounter (F-STE) 

The Foundation for the Science of the Therapeutic Encounter (F-STE) was created to foster and expand scientific efforts to investigate what are often described as "placebo effects": the powerful effects of the patient-clinician relationship with its rituals, symbols and interactions.   F-STE's goal is to harness these humanistic factors to improve health care.  

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