The Resource Do you believe in magic? : the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine, Paul A. Offit
Do you believe in magic? : the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine, Paul A. Offit
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- Summary
- Medical expert Paul A. Offit, M.D., offers a scathing exposé 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 322 pages
- Contents
-
- Vitamin Craze: Linus Pauling's Ironic Legacy
- 47
- Part III
- Little Supplement Makers Versus Big Pharma
- 3
- Supplement Industry Gets a Free Pass: Neutering the FDA
- 65
- 4
- Fifty-One Thousand New Supplements: Which Ones Work?
- 94
- Part I
- Part IV
- When the Stars Shine on Alternative Medicine
- 5
- Menopause and Aging: Suzanne Somers Weighs In
- 111
- 6
- Autism's Pied Piper: Jenny McCarthy's Crusade
- 128
- 7
- Chronic Lyme Disease: The Blumenthal Affair
- Distrust of Modern Medicine
- 140
- Part V
- Hope Business
- 8
- Curing Cancer: Steve Jobs, Shark Cartilage, Coffee Enemas, and More
- 163
- 9
- Sick Children, Desperate Parents: Stanislaw Burzynski's Urine Cure
- 173
- Part VI
- 1
- Charismatic Healers Are Hard to Resist
- 10
- Magic Potions in the Twenty-First Century: Rashid Buttar and the Lure of Personality
- 197
- Part VII
- Why Some Alternative Therapies Really Do Work
- 11
- Remarkably Powerful, Highly Underrated Placebo Response
- 223
- 12
- Rediscovering the Past: Mehmet Oz and His Superstars
- When Alternative Medicine Becomes Quackery
- 241
- 25
- Part II
- Lure of All Things Natural
- 2
- Isbn
- 9780062222961
- Label
- Do you believe in magic? : the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine
- Title
- Do you believe in magic?
- Title remainder
- the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul A. Offit
- Title variation
- Sense and nonsense of alternative medicine
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Medical expert Paul A. Offit, M.D., offers a scathing exposé 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
- Cataloging source
- UPZ
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Offit, Paul A
- Dewey number
- 615/.5
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- R733
- LC item number
- .O38 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Alternative medicine
- Alternative medicine
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Do you believe in magic? : the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine, Paul A. Offit
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-305) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Vitamin Craze: Linus Pauling's Ironic Legacy
- 47
- Part III
- Little Supplement Makers Versus Big Pharma
- 3
- Supplement Industry Gets a Free Pass: Neutering the FDA
- 65
- 4
- Fifty-One Thousand New Supplements: Which Ones Work?
- 94
- Part I
- Part IV
- When the Stars Shine on Alternative Medicine
- 5
- Menopause and Aging: Suzanne Somers Weighs In
- 111
- 6
- Autism's Pied Piper: Jenny McCarthy's Crusade
- 128
- 7
- Chronic Lyme Disease: The Blumenthal Affair
- Distrust of Modern Medicine
- 140
- Part V
- Hope Business
- 8
- Curing Cancer: Steve Jobs, Shark Cartilage, Coffee Enemas, and More
- 163
- 9
- Sick Children, Desperate Parents: Stanislaw Burzynski's Urine Cure
- 173
- Part VI
- 1
- Charismatic Healers Are Hard to Resist
- 10
- Magic Potions in the Twenty-First Century: Rashid Buttar and the Lure of Personality
- 197
- Part VII
- Why Some Alternative Therapies Really Do Work
- 11
- Remarkably Powerful, Highly Underrated Placebo Response
- 223
- 12
- Rediscovering the Past: Mehmet Oz and His Superstars
- When Alternative Medicine Becomes Quackery
- 241
- 25
- Part II
- Lure of All Things Natural
- 2
- Control code
- ocn840439805
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062222961
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- 615.5 OF2 ; XX-N ; DLG ; C1308BT1.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 840439805
- (Sirsi) 840439805
- (OCoLC)840439805
- Label
- Do you believe in magic? : the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine, Paul A. Offit
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-305) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Vitamin Craze: Linus Pauling's Ironic Legacy
- 47
- Part III
- Little Supplement Makers Versus Big Pharma
- 3
- Supplement Industry Gets a Free Pass: Neutering the FDA
- 65
- 4
- Fifty-One Thousand New Supplements: Which Ones Work?
- 94
- Part I
- Part IV
- When the Stars Shine on Alternative Medicine
- 5
- Menopause and Aging: Suzanne Somers Weighs In
- 111
- 6
- Autism's Pied Piper: Jenny McCarthy's Crusade
- 128
- 7
- Chronic Lyme Disease: The Blumenthal Affair
- Distrust of Modern Medicine
- 140
- Part V
- Hope Business
- 8
- Curing Cancer: Steve Jobs, Shark Cartilage, Coffee Enemas, and More
- 163
- 9
- Sick Children, Desperate Parents: Stanislaw Burzynski's Urine Cure
- 173
- Part VI
- 1
- Charismatic Healers Are Hard to Resist
- 10
- Magic Potions in the Twenty-First Century: Rashid Buttar and the Lure of Personality
- 197
- Part VII
- Why Some Alternative Therapies Really Do Work
- 11
- Remarkably Powerful, Highly Underrated Placebo Response
- 223
- 12
- Rediscovering the Past: Mehmet Oz and His Superstars
- When Alternative Medicine Becomes Quackery
- 241
- 25
- Part II
- Lure of All Things Natural
- 2
- Control code
- ocn840439805
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062222961
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- 615.5 OF2 ; XX-N ; DLG ; C1308BT1.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 840439805
- (Sirsi) 840439805
- (OCoLC)840439805
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