Do you believe in magic? : the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine /
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Author / Creator: | Offit, Paul A., author. |
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Edition: | First edition. |
Imprint: | New York, NY : Harper, [2013] |
Description: | x, 322 pages ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9864015 |
Varying Form of Title: | Sense and nonsense of alternative medicine |
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ISBN: | 9780062222961 0062222961 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-305) and index. |
Summary: | 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. |


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