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Do you believe in magic? : the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine / Paul A. Offit, M.D.
Medical expert Paul A. Offit, M.D., offers a scathing expos©Øe of the alternative medicine industry, revealing how even though some popular therapies are remarkably helpful due to the placebo response, many of them are ineffective, expensive, and even deadly.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062222961 :
- ISBN: 0062222961
- Physical Description: x, 322 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, [2013]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-305) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Taking a look at alternative medicine -- Saving Joey Hofbauer -- Distrust of modern medicine. Rediscovering the past : Mehmet Oz and his superstars -- The lure of all things natural. The vitamin craze : Linus Pauling's ironic legacy -- Little supplement makers versus Big Pharma. The supplement industry gets a free pass : neutering the FDA ; Fifty-one thousand new supplements : which ones work? -- When the stars shine on alternative medicine. Menopause and aging : Suzanne Somers weighs in ; Autism's Pied Piper : Jenny McCarthy's crusade ; Chronic Lyme Disease : the Blumenthal Affair -- The hope business. Curing cancer : Steve Jobs, shark cartilage, coffee enemas, and more ; Sick children, desperate parents : Stanislaw Burzynski's urine cure -- Charismatic healers are hard to resist. Magic potions in the twenty-first century : Rashid Buttar and the lure of personality -- Why some alternative therapies really do work. The remarkably powerful, highly underrated placebo response ; When alternative medicine becomes quackery -- Albert Schweitzer and the witch doctor : a parable. |
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| Subject: | Alternative medicine. Alternative medicine > Corrupt practices. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Gorge Community College Library | HEALTH & MEDICAL OFFIT 2013 (Text) | 33892002445436 | Main Collection | Available | - |
