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060 00 $a2002 C-876
060 10 $aW 84 AA1$bW545m 2001
082 04 $a364.163$221
100 1 $aWhitlock, Chuck.
245 10 $aMediScams :$bhow to spot and avoid health care scams, medical frauds, and quackery from the local physician to the major health care providers and drug manufacturers /$cChuck Whitlock ; foreword by Ben Chandler.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aLos Angeles :$bRenaissance Books,$c℗♭2001.
300 $a303 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 287-303).
505 0 $aEvery 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.
650 0 $aMedical care, Cost of.
650 0 $aFraud.
650 12 $aFraud.
650 12 $aQuality of Health Care.
650 22 $aQuackery.
651 2 $aUnited States.
650 7 $aFraud.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00933786
650 7 $aMedical care, Cost of.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01013902
655 2 $aPopular Works.
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856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/2002319088-d.html
856 4 $3Cover image$uhttps://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/1939909-M.jpg$xOpen Library 20160713
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