{"product_id":"medical-misinformation-and-social-harm-anita-lavorgna-9781032087535","title":"Medical Misinformation and Social Harm in Non-Science Based Health Practices: A Multidisciplinary Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eFraudulent, harmful, or at best useless pharmaceutical and therapeutic approaches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003edeveloped outside science-based medicine have boomed in recent years, especially due to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe commercialisation of cyberspace. The latter has played a fundamental role in the rise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eof false 'health experts', and in the creation of filter bubbles and echo chambers that have\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003econtributed to the formation of highly polarised debates on non-science-based health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003epractices-online as well as offline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this edited book brings together\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003econtributions of international academics and practitioners from criminology, digital\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003esociology, health psychology, medicine, law, physics, and journalism, where they critically\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eanalyse different types of non-science-based health approaches. With this volume, we aim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eto reconcile different scientific understandings of these practices, synthesising a variety\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eof empirical, theoretical and interpretative approaches, and exploring the challenges, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eimplications and potential remedies to the spread of dangerous and misleading health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003einformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edited book will offer some food for thought not only to students and academics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the social sciences, health psychology and medicine among other disciplines, but also\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eto medical practitioners, science journalists, debunkers, policy makers and the general\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003epublic, as they might all benefit from a greater awareness and critical knowledge of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eharms caused by non-scientific health practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anita Lavorgna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032087536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032087535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.43d","brand":"Anita Lavorgna","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44584200077567,"sku":"9781032087535","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_471651f6-128e-4dcf-9208-09f383c178ca.jpg?v=1701885841","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/medical-misinformation-and-social-harm-anita-lavorgna-9781032087535","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}