{"product_id":"snake-oil-science-r-barker-bausell-ph-d-9780195383423","title":"Snake Oil Science: The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine","description":"Hailed in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as \"entertaining and immensely educational,\" \u003cem\u003eSnake Oil Science\u003c\/em\u003e is not only a brilliant critique of alternative medicine, but also a first-rate introduction to interpreting scientific research of any sort. The book's ultimate goal is to illustrate how the placebo effect conspires to make medical therapies \u003cem\u003eappear\u003c\/em\u003e to be effective--not just to consumers, but to therapists and poorly trained scientists as well. Bausell explores this remarkable phenomenon and explains why research on any therapy that does not factor in the placebo effect (and other placebo-like effects) will inevitably produce false results. Moreover, as the author shows in an impressive survey of research from high-quality scientific journals, studies employing credible placebo controls do not indicate positive effects for alternative therapies beyond those attributable to random chance. Readers will come away from this book with a healthy skepticism of claims about the latest \"miracle cure,\" be it St. John's Wort for depression or acupuncture for chronic pain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. Barker Bausell Ph. D.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195383427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195383423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 20","brand":"R. Barker Bausell Ph. D.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990103425279,"sku":"9780195383423","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_144f6e4d-935e-44e6-9c78-4f94a22d51be.jpg?v=1683303011","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/snake-oil-science-r-barker-bausell-ph-d-9780195383423","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}