Research Catalog

Title

Trick or treatment : the undeniable facts about alternative medicine / Simon Singh & Edzard Ernst.

Author

Singh, Simon

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2008.

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Additional Authors

Ernst, E. (Edzard)

Description

342 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

In this groundbreaking analysis, over thirty of the most popular treatments--acupuncture, homeopathy, aromatherapy, reflexology, chiropractic, and herbal medicines--are examined for their benefits and potential dangers. Questions answered include: What works and what doesn't? What are the secrets, and what are the lies? Who can you trust, and who is ripping you off? Can science decide what is best, or do the old wives' tales really tap into ancient, superior wisdom? In their scrutiny of alternative and complementary cures, authors Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst also strive to reassert the primacy of the scientific method as a means for determining public health practice and policy.--From publisher description.

Subject

• Alternative medicine
• Complementary Therapies
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Placebo Effect
• Acupuncture Therapy
• Acupuncture
• Homeopathy
• Chiropractic
• Evidence-Based Practice

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

How do you determine the truth? -- The truth about acupuncture -- The truth about homeopathy -- The truth about chiropractic therapy -- The truth about herbal medicine -- Does the truth matter?

ISBN

• 9780393066616 (hardcover)
• 0393066614 (hardcover)

LCCN

^^2008019110

OCLC

181139440

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library