Snake oil science : the truth about complementary and alternative medicine /
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| Author / Creator: | Bausell, R. Barker, 1942- |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
| Description: | xix, 324 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6686389 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Rise of Complementary and Alternative Therapies
- Chapter 2. A Brief History of Placebos
- Chapter 3. Natural Impediments to Making Valid Inferences
- Chapter 4. Impediments That Prevent Physicians and Therapists from Making Valid Inferences
- Chapter 5. Impediments That Prevent Poorly Trained Scientists from Making Valid Inferences
- Chapter 6. Why Randomized Placebo Control Groups Are Necessary in CAM Research
- Chapter 7. Judging the Credibility and Plausibility of Scientific Evidence
- Chapter 8. Some Personal Research Involving Acupuncture
- Chapter 9. How We Know That the Placebo Effect Exists
- Chapter 10. A Biochemical Explanation for the Placebo Effect
- Chapter 11. What High-Quality Trials Reveal About CAM
- Chapter 12. What High-Quality Systematic Reviews Reveal About CAM
- Chapter 13. How CAM Therapies Are Hypothesized to Work
- Chapter 14. Tying Up a Few Loose Ends
- Notes
- Index
