There are still snakeoil merchants flogging us miracle cures, nostrums,herbal remedies and spurious nutrional theory the only changes since time immemorial have been the socalled sophistication in supporting the claims. Since 2003 dr ben goldacre has been exposing dodgy medical data in his. From an expert with a mailorder phd to debunking the myths of homeopathy, ben goldacre talking the reader through some notable cases and shows how to you dont need a science degree to spot bad science yourself. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Bad pharma by ben goldacre overdrive rakuten overdrive. Ben goldacre is a british science writer and psychiatrist, born in 1974. Have you ever wondered how one day the media can assert that alcohol is bad for us and the next unashamedly run a story touting the benefits of daily alcohol. He is a founder of the alltrials campaign and opentrials to require open science practices in clinical trials.
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For his second he has his sights trained on the pharmaceutical industry. Bad science by ben goldacrein this book the crusader against quackery is on top form, says pd smith. Ben goldacre has made a point of exposing quack doctors and nutritionists, bogus credentialing programs, and biased scientific studies. Bad science ebook by ben goldacre 9780007283194 rakuten. Ben goldacre is a doctor and science writer who wrote the bad science column in the guardian from 2003 to 2011.
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