In this groundbreaking book, author Lolette Kuby-poet, cultural critic, and activist-raises a prophetic voice against the madness of conventional medicine, offering a radical and passionate argument for self-healing through faith, based on the unacknowledged power of the placebo effect. Previous to the unusual events that led up to the writing of this book, Lolette Kuby, Ph.D., was a widely-published poet and critic, as well as political activist and advocate for the arts. She has been a university English teacher and professional editor and writer. Uncertain in her beliefs, there was little in her previous way of life that prepared her for the healing epiphany and spiritual revelation that led her to develop the radical argument presented in Faith and the Placebo Effect.