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Mind, Make-Believe and Medicine : Exploring the Divide Between Science and Wishful Thinking / [E-Book]

By:

Rasker, Richard [author.]

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SpringerLink (Online service)

Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023Edition: 1st ed. 2023Description: XXI, 325 p. 1 illus. online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9783031294440

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Contents:

Monkey Curiosity -- Danger and Control -- "My Cousin's Sister Said ..." -- Toxins Everywhere! -- Don't Eat This, Eat That! -- Natural Health: Herbs, Spices ... and Supplements? -- Bad Big Pharma -- How Not to Get Sick -- Homeopathy: A Shaky Remedy -- Needless Needles? -- The Energy Problem -- Watch out for Radiation -- Who are 'They', and are They Real?. .

Summary: This book delves into the world of alternative medicine and related phenomena in several different ways, both from a scientific perspective and the perspective of supporters and practitioners of those phenomena. An attempt is made to explain not only what those perspectives are, but also why they are often so radically different. Why do lots of people believe things that other people don't? To find answers, we don't just examine the things people believe in or not, but also human traits in thinking, reasoning and belief.

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Item type	Home library	Class number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic book	Hillingdon Hospitals Library Services (Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation) Online		Link to resource	Available

This book delves into the world of alternative medicine and related phenomena in several different ways, both from a scientific perspective and the perspective of supporters and practitioners of those phenomena. An attempt is made to explain not only what those perspectives are, but also why they are often so radically different. Why do lots of people believe things that other people don't? To find answers, we don't just examine the things people believe in or not, but also human traits in thinking, reasoning and belief.

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