Paul A Offit

Do You Believe in Magic?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A half century ago, acupuncture, homeopathy, naturopathy, Chinese herbs, Christian exorcisms, dietary supplements, chiropractic manipulations, and ayurvedic remedies were considered on the fringe of medicine. Now these practices?known variably as alternative, complementary, holistic, or integrative medicine?have become mainstream, used by half of all Americans today to treat a variety of conditions, from excess weight to cancer. But alternative medicine is an unregulated industry under no legal obligation to prove its claims or admit its risks, and many popular alternative therapies are ineffective, expensive, or even deadly. In Do You Believe in Magic? Dr. Offit debunks the treatments that don't work and tells us why, and takes on the media celebrities who promote alternative medicine. Using dramatic real-life stories, he separates the sense from the nonsense, explaining why any therapy?alternative or traditional?should be scrutinized. As Dr. Offit explains, some popular therapies are remarkably helpful due to the placebo response, but "there's no such thing as alternative medicine. There's only medicine that works and medicine that doesn't."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harper Paperbacks
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 133mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9780062222985
• ISBN-10: 0062222988
• Artikelnr.: 39525594

Autorenporträt

Paul A. Offit, MD, is a professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases and director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, as well as the acclaimed author of Autism's False Prophets, Vaccinated, Pandora's Lab, and Deadly Choices.