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Medical misinformation and social harm in non-science-based health practices : a multidisciplinary perspective / edited by Anita Lavorgna and Anna Di Ronco.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge studies in crime and society ; 7.
- Routledge studies in crime and society ; [7]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alternative medicine--Social aspects.
- Alternative medicine.
- Medical misconceptions.
- Communication.
- Misinformation.
- Complementary Therapies.
- Medical Subjects:
- Complementary Therapies.
- Communication.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 185 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction / Anita Lavorgna and Anna Di Ronco
- 2. Towards a better criminological understanding of harmful alternative health practices: a provider typology / Anita Lavorgna and Heather Horsburgh - 3. Science denial: psychological processes underlying denial of science-based medical practices / Sara Prot and Craig A Anderson
- 4. Understanding the demand for illicit lifestyle medicines online: an analysis of the risk perception of consumers / Rosa Koenraadt
- 5. 'First do no harm': exploring non-evidence-based practices within the Ukrainian health sector / Anna Markovska, Ganna Isayeva, and Sergyi Ostropolets - 6. 'Don't trust the experts!': Analysing the use of populist rhetoric in the anti-vaxxers discourse in Italy / Ester Massa - 7. Quantum physics and the modern trends in pseudoscience / Enrico Gazzola - 8. Who are the experts? Examining the online promotion of misleading and harmful nutrition information / Heather Horsburgh and David Barron - 9. Activism against medicine on social media: untangling the #novax protest in Italy on Twitter / Anna Di Ronco and James Allen-Robertson - 10. Traditional herbal medicine and the challenges of pharmacovigilance / Nayeli Urquiza Haas and Emilie Cloatre - 11. Framing of CAM-adjacent health scams in the UK media: an interdisciplinary perspective / Anita Lavorgna and Felicity L Bishop - 12. Dossier Hamer: the role of investigative journalism in exposing pseudomedicine / Ilario D'Amato - 13. Concluding thoughts / Anita Lavorgna and Anna Di Ronco.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 05, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Medical misinformation and social harm in non-science based health practices
- ISBN:
- 9780429424434
- 0429424434
- 9780429754999
- 042975499X
- 9780429754982
- 0429754981
- Publisher Number:
- 90104550619
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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