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02410nam a2200337 a 4500 001 16A6AD682AFF11DE94E19907A8D7520A 005 20210729012405 008 010828s2001 caua b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2002319088 020 $a 9781580631808 020 $a 1580631800 035 $a (OCoLC)47859541 040 $a NLM $c NLM $d SILO $d POT $d VHB $d CUX $d JED $d CPA $d DLC $d IOU $d SILO 100 1 $a Whitlock, Charles R. 245 1 $a MediScams : $b how to spot and avoid health care scams, medical frauds, and quackery from the local physician to the major health care providers and drug manufacturers / $c Chuck Whitlock ; foreword by Ben Chandler. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a Los Angeles : $b Renaissance Books, $c c2001. 300 $a 303 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-303). 505 0 $a Every patient's nightmare : meet the man called "America's worst doctor" : John Ronald "Butcher" Brown -- A brief history of MediScams : from snake oil to cancer quackery -- Managed care, the biggest MediScam of all? : putting a price on human lives -- Dangerous doctors : physicians are supposed to police each other, why don't they do a better job of it? -- When "M.D." means "Money Doctor" : don't let your doctor rip you off -- Lying with science : just because they tell you it's "scientifically proven" doesn't mean it is -- Marketing MediScams : fraud as a multimedia event -- What on earth? : turning the planet into scam cures -- Plastic surgery, the MediScammers' newest target : the price of vanity can be crippling, or worse -- Potent or placebo? : will the real cures please stand up? -- Nursing homes, or warehouses for the elderly? : surely our parents deserve better than this -- Shopping for supplements : buying a pig in a poke -- Dental MediScams : taking a bite out of your wallet -- Spotting the MediScams : the telltale tip-offs and profiles of medical quacks and their victims. 650 12 $a Fraud $z United States. $v Popular Works. 650 12 $a Quality of health care $z United States. $v Popular Works. 650 22 $a Quackery $z United States $v Popular Works. 650 0 $a Medical care, Cost of. 650 0 $a Fraud 939 $a 4429978 941 $a 2 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150922021243.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=16A6AD682AFF11DE94E19907A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOU 952 $l OSAX771 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search