Modern Snake Oil

Medical Scams and Why We Fall for Them
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4766-6899-4
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 127 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Step right up, folks. This miracle in a bottle will cure everything from dandruff to cancer."" In the nineteenth century you might have heard this pitch on a street corner from characters we called snake oil salesmen. Today quack remedies are sold by celebrities on electronic media. Suzanne Somers, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kim Kardashian, and a host of other “bold face names” promote questionable products and health advice via TV appearances, apps, and web sites. The modern market for useless health products—snake oil—thrives in a swamp of advertising hype and pseudoscience. We swallow what marketers sell even when the claims are preposterous. Who actually knows what works? What’s the difference between science-based medicine and everything else? Which health news is “fake” and who should you trust? The answers are in these pages.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Komplementäre Medizin, Asiatische Medizin (TCM), Heilpraktiker
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen

Über Autor(innen)

Ann Anderson is a freelance writer, teacher, actor and director. Her articles and essays have appeared in Stage Directions, Prevention and Health, among many other publications. She lives in Portland, Oregon.