An edition of MediScams
(2001)
MediScams
how to spot and avoid health care scams, medical frauds, and quackery from the local physician to the major health care providers and drug manufacturers
1st ed.
by Charles R. Whitlock
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MediScams: how to spot and avoid health care scams, medical frauds, and quackery from the local physician to the major health care providers and drug manufacturers
2001, Renaissance Books
in English
- 1st ed.
1580631800 9781580631808
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Table of Contents
Every patient's nightmare : meet the man called "America's worst doctor"
John Ronald "Butcher" Brown
A brief history of MediScams : from snake oil to cancer quackery
Managed care
the biggest MediScam of all? : putting a price on human lives
Dangerous doctors : physicians are supposed to police each other
why don't they do a better job of it?
When "M.D." means "Money Doctor" : don't let your doctor rip you off
Lying with science : just because they tell you it's "scientifically proven" doesn't mean it is
Marketing MediScams : fraud as a multimedia event
What on earth? : turning the planet into scam cures
Plastic surgery
the MediScammers' newest target : the price of vanity can be crippling
or worse
Potent or placebo? : will the real cures please stand up?
Nursing homes
or warehouses for the elderly? : surely our parents deserve better than this
Shopping for supplements : buying a pig in a poke
Dental MediScams : taking a bite out of your wallet
Spotting the MediScams : the telltale tip-offs and profiles of medical quacks and their victims.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-303).
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