Snake Oil Science R Barker Bausell Phd by R. Barker Bausell Phd 9780199758593, 019975859X instant download after payment.

Millions of people worldwide swear by such therapies as acupuncture, herbal cures, and homeopathic remedies. Indeed, complementary and alternative medicine is embraced by a broad spectrum of society, from ordinary people, to scientists and physicians, to celebrities such as Prince Charles and Oprah Winfrey.In the tradition of Michael Shermers Why People Believe Weird Things and Robert Parks's Voodoo Science, Barker Bausell provides an engaging look at the scientific evidence for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and at the logical, psychological, and physiological pitfalls that lead otherwise intelligent people—including researchers, physicians, and therapists—to endorse these cures. The books ultimate goal is to reveal not whether these therapies work—as Bausell explains, most do work, although weakly and temporarily—but whether they work for the reasons their proponents believe. Indeed, as Bausell reveals, it is the placebo effect that...