Bad Science Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks

Name: Bad Science Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
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ISBN: 9780865479180

ISBN-10: 0865479186

ISBN-13: 9780865479180

Edition: 2010

Authors: Ben Goldacre

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Have you ever wondered how one day the media can assert that alcohol is bad for us and the next unashamedly run a story touting the benefits of daily alcohol consumption? Or how a drug that is pulled off the market for causing heart attacks ever got approved in the first place? How can average readers, who aren't medical doctors or Ph.D.s in biochemistry, tell what they should be paying attention to and what's, well, just more bullshit? Ben Goldacre has made a point of exposing quack doctors and nutritionists, bogus credentialing programs, and biased scientific studies. But he has also taken the media to task for its willingness to throw facts and proof out the window in its quest to sell…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Faber & Faber, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/12/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface



Matter



Brain Gym



The Progenium XY Complex



Homeopathy



The Placebo Effect



The Nonsense du Jour



Nutritionists



The Doctor Will Sue You Now



Is Mainstream Medicine Evil?



Why Clever People Believe Stupid Things



Bad Stats



The Media's MMR Hoax


And Another Thing


Notes


Further Reading and Acknowledgments


Index