Snake oil science : the truth about complementary and alternative medicine / R. Barker Bausell.
By: Bausell, R. Barker
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TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-315) and index.Description: xix, 324 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780195313680 (alk. paper); 0195313682 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Complementary therapies | Alternative medicine | Placebos (Medicine)DDC classification: 615.5 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 615.5 B328 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003688025 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-315) and index.
The rise of complementary and alternative therapies -- A brief history of placebos -- Natural impediments to making valid inferences -- Impediments that prevent physicians and therapists from making valid inferences -- Impediments that prevent poorly trained scientists from making valid inferences -- Why randomized placebo control groups are necessary in CAM research -- Judging the credibility and plausibility of scientific evidence -- Some personal research involving acupuncture -- How we know that the placebo effect exists -- A biochemical explanation for the placebo effect -- What high-quality trials reveal about CAM -- What high-quality systematic reviews reveal about CAM -- How CAM therapies are hypothesized to work -- Tying up a few loose ends.
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