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007349919 |
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20180722213906.0 |
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130422s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng d |
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813910897 |
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813929622 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0062222961 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780062222961 : |
| Terms of availability |
$26.99 |
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(OCoLC)840439805 |
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(OCoLC)813910897 |
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(OCoLC)813929622 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
UPZ |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
UPZ |
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YDXCP |
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BTCTA |
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BDX |
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WIQ |
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OCLCQ |
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SINLB |
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ABG |
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NFG |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
615.5 |
| Item number |
O32 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Offit, Paul A., |
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author. |
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145610 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Do you believe in magic? : |
| Remainder of title |
the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Paul A. Offit, M.D. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Sense and nonsense of alternative medicine |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York, NY : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Harper, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[2013] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 322 pages ; |
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24 cm |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-305) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Taking a look at alternative medicine -- Saving Joey Hofbauer -- Distrust of modern medicine. Rediscovering the past : Mehmet Oz and his superstars -- The lure of all things natural. The vitamin craze : Linus Pauling's ironic legacy -- Little supplement makers versus Big Pharma. The supplement industry gets a free pass : neutering the FDA ; Fifty-one thousand new supplements : which ones work? -- When the stars shine on alternative medicine. Menopause and aging : Suzanne Somers weighs in ; Autism's Pied Piper : Jenny McCarthy's crusade ; Chronic Lyme Disease : the Blumenthal Affair -- The hope business. Curing cancer : Steve Jobs, shark cartilage, coffee enemas, and more ; Sick children, desperate parents : Stanislaw Burzynski's urine cure -- Charismatic healers are hard to resist. Magic potions in the twenty-first century : Rashid Buttar and the lure of personality -- Why some alternative therapies really do work. The remarkably powerful, highly underrated placebo response ; When alternative medicine becomes quackery -- Albert Schweitzer and the witch doctor : a parable. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Medical expert Paul A. Offit, M.D., offers a scathing exposé of the alternative medicine industry, revealing how even though some popular therapies are remarkably helpful due to the placebo response, many of them are ineffective, expensive, and even deadly. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Alternative medicine |
| General subdivision |
Corrupt practices. |
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229770 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Alternative medicine. |
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42701 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Adult Book |
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C0 |
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NFG |
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