False Alarm The Truth about the Epidemic of Fear

Name: False Alarm The Truth about the Epidemic of Fear
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ISBN: 9780470053843

ISBN-10: 0470053844

ISBN-13: 9780470053843

Edition: 2005

Authors: Marc Siegel

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Life today for citizens of the developed world is safer, easier, and healthier than for any other people in history thanks to modern medicine, science, technology, and intelligence. So why is an epidemic of fear sweeping America? The answer, according to nationally renowned health commentator Dr. Marc Siegel, is that we live in an artificially created culture of fear. In False Alarm, Siegel identifies three major catalysts of the culture of fear-government, the media, and big pharma. With fascinating, blow-by-blow analyses of the most sensational false alarms of the past few years, he shows how these fearmongers manipulate our most primitive instincts-often without our even realizing it.…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Publication date: 9/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: The Fear Epidemic



Fight or Flight



Why Are We So Afraid?



It Works for Animals but Not for Us



Our Culture of Worry



Playing Politics with Fear



Disasters: Real or Imagined



Finding Things to Worry About



Profiting from Fear



Bugs Du Jour



Anthrax



Insects, Pox, and Lethal Gas



SARS



Flu



Cows, Birds, and Humans



Healing Fear



The Fear Prophets



Is There a Cure for Fear?


Afterword


Bibliography


Index