Snake Oil Science: The Truth About Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Hailed in the New York Times as "entertaining and immensely educational," Snake Oil Science is not only a brilliant critique of alternative medicine, but also a first-rate introduction to interpreting scientific research of any sort. The book's ultimate goal is to illustrate how the placebo effect conspires to make medical therapies appear to be effectivenot just to consumers, but to therapists and poorly trained scientists as well. Bausell explores this remarkable phenomenon and explains ...






















