Quack medicine : a history of combating health fraud in twentieth-century America
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Published
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2013].
ISBN
9780313385674, 031338567X
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Published
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2013].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780313385674, 031338567X
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index.
Description
This book "reveals how efforts to establish an exact border between quackery and legitimate therapeutic practices and medications have largely failed, and details the reasons for this failure. Digging beneath the surface, the book uncovers the history of allegedly fraudulent therapies including pain medications, obesity and asthma cures, gastrointestinal remedies, virility treatments, and panaceas for diseases such as arthritis, asthma, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS. It shows how efforts to combat alleged medical quackery have been connected to broader debates among medical professionals, scientists, legislators, businesses, and consumers, and it exposes the competing professional, economic, and political priorities that have encouraged the drawing of arbitrary, vaguely defined boundaries between good medicine and quack medicine."--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Boyle, E. W. (2013). Quack medicine: a history of combating health fraud in twentieth-century America . Praeger.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Boyle, Eric W.. 2013. Quack Medicine: A History of Combating Health Fraud in Twentieth-century America. Praeger.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Boyle, Eric W.. Quack Medicine: A History of Combating Health Fraud in Twentieth-century America Praeger, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Boyle, Eric W.. Quack Medicine: A History of Combating Health Fraud in Twentieth-century America Praeger, 2013.
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