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Author:

Bausell, R. Barker, 1942-

Title:

Snake oil science : the truth about complementary and alternative medicine / R. Barker Bausell.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xix, 324 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Complementary Therapies.
Placebo Effect.
Alternative medicine.
Placebos (Medicine)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-315) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0195313682 (alk. paper)
9780195313680 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)85862469

LCCN:

2007010217

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)