{"product_id":"real-secrets-of-alternative-medicine-richard-rawlins-9781519345851","title":"Real Secrets of Alternative Medicine: An Exposé","description":"\u003cp\u003eUK patients spend  1.6B per year on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). The NHS funds nearly ten per cent of this. Americans spend more than $34 billion a year on CAM. The French spend 279 million for homeopathic remedies alone. Is this wise? Are resources being wasted? Could available funds be better spent on improving conventional care? Are patients being misled? Are funders being defrauded?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatients who turn to CAM (camees), camists who practice camistry, doctors, nurses, conventional healthcare practitioners, politicians, health commissioners, funders and the public all need to consider alternative medicine critically and make wise decisions. Patients must have full information if they are to give meaningful consent to treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReal Secrets of Alternative Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e Richard Rawlins combines his insights as a magician and member of the Magic Circle with experience as a doctor and specialist surgeon to expose how alternative medicine works - and how to avoid being quacked and defrauded.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is much more that can be done to foster and enhance those age-old qualities of human kindness and compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHRH Prince Charles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Rawlins has written a most valuable addition to the literature. His book is well-researched, well-written and well-considered. Alternative medicine attracts many gullible consumers. This volume could be the ideal cure for gullibility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdzard Ernst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmeritus Professor of Complementary Medicine, Exeter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI wish I had this wonderful book when I was a student and young practitioner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Tazi Husain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFounding Editor, \u003ci\u003eEmirates Medical Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA very useful book that will help patients, practitioners, politicians and the public grapple with the fascinating and bizarre world of pseudo-medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Henness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDirector of the Nightingale Collaboration\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost people would rather die than think, and many of them do.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLord Bertrand Russell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Rawlins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1519345852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781519345851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.79d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Rawlins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45896802042111,"sku":"9781519345851","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e06dd426-4be3-4954-a2d0-f425910cbbe9.jpg?v=1721372361","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/real-secrets-of-alternative-medicine-richard-rawlins-9781519345851","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}