Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Magic

Name: Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Magic
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ISBN: 9780062222985

ISBN-10: 0062222988

ISBN-13: 9780062222985

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Authors: M.D. Offit

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In Do You Believe in Magic?, 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.Dr. Offit reveals how alternative medicine—an unregulated industry under no legal obligation to prove its claims or admit its risks—can actually be harmful to our health.Using dramatic real-life stories, Offit separates the sense from the nonsense, showing why any therapy—alternative or traditional—should be scrutinized. He also shows how some nontraditional methods can do a great deal of good, in some cases…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 5/13/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Paul A. Offit, M.D., is chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, as well as the acclaimed author of Autism's False Prophets , Vaccinated , and Deadly Choices .