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Bad advice : or why celebrities, politicians, and activists aren't your best source of health information / Paul A. Offit, M.D.
LIBRA RA423.2 .O34 2018
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LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating RA423.2 .O34 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Offit, Paul A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in public health.
- Communication in medicine.
- Health in mass media.
- Disinformation.
- Quacks and quackery.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 251 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- A guide to taking on self-appointed activists and quack experts offers hard-earned wisdom on the dos and don'ts of battling misinformation, by a science and public health professional who has been on the frontline for twenty years.
- Contents:
- Prologue: On being naïve
- What science is
- and what it isn't
- White mice and windowless rooms
- An alibi for ignorance
- Feeding the beast
- To debate or not to debate
- Make 'em laugh
- Science goes to the movies
- The Emperor's new clothes
- Judgment Day
- The nuclear option
- Pharma shill
- A ray of hope
- Epilogue: The end of the tour.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-238) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Offit, Paul A. Bad advice.
- ISBN:
- 9780231186988
- 0231186983
- OCLC:
- 1013739267
- Publisher Number:
- 99976948373
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