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008			220623s2023 nyu b 000 0 eng
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100	1		_aHongoltz-Hetling, Matthew, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aIf it sounds like a quack ... : _ba journey to the fringes of American medicine / _cMatthew Hongoltz-Hetling.
246	3	0	_aJourney to the fringes of American medicine
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2304
264		1	_aNew York : _bPublicAffairs, _c2023.
300			_aviii, 323 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Incubation -- Prodromal politics -- Acute pants -- Convalescence (or death) -- Epilogue.
520			_a"A bizarre, rollicking trip through the world of fringe medicine, filled with leeches, baking soda IVs, and, according to at least one person, zombies. It's no secret that American health care has become too costly and politicized to help everyone. So where do you turn if you can't afford doctors, or don't trust them? In this book, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling examines the growing universe of non-traditional treatments -- including some that are really non-traditional. With costs skyrocketing and anti-science sentiment spreading, the so-called "medical freedom" movement has grown. Now it faces its greatest challenge: going mainstream. In these pages you'll meet medical freedom advocates including an international leech smuggler, a gold miner-turned health drink salesman who may or may not be from the Andromeda galaxy, and a man who says he can turn people into zombies with aerosol spray. One by one, these alternative healers find customers, then expand and influence, always seeking the one thing that would take their businesses to the next level--the support and approval of the government"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aQuacks and quackery _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aQuacks and quackery _zUnited States _xHistory _y21st century.
650		0	_aAlternative medicine _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aAlternative medicine _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMedical care _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSocial medicine _zUnited States.
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