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portada Snake Oil Science: The Truth About Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
320
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
21.3 x 14.0 x 2.3 cm
Weight
0.43 kg.
ISBN
0195383427
ISBN13
9780195383423
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Snake Oil Science: The Truth About Complementary and Alternative Medicine

R. Barker Bausell Ph. D. (Author) · Oxford University Press · Paperback

Snake Oil Science: The Truth About Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Bausell Ph. D., R. Barker

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Synopsis "Snake Oil Science: The Truth About Complementary and Alternative Medicine "

Hailed in the New York Times as "entertaining and immensely educational," Snake Oil Science is not only a brilliant critique of alternative medicine, but also a first-rate introduction to interpreting scientific research of any sort. The book's ultimate goal is to illustrate how the placebo effect conspires to make medical therapies appear to be effective--not just to consumers, but to therapists and poorly trained scientists as well. Bausell explores this remarkable phenomenon and explains why research on any therapy that does not factor in the placebo effect (and other placebo-like effects) will inevitably produce false results. Moreover, as the author shows in an impressive survey of research from high-quality scientific journals, studies employing credible placebo controls do not indicate positive effects for alternative therapies beyond those attributable to random chance. Readers will come away from this book with a healthy skepticism of claims about the latest "miraclecure," be it St. John's Wort for depression or acupuncture for chronic pain.

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