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Mediscams: Dangerous Medical Practices & Health Care Frauds--And How to Prevent Them from Harming You & Your Family Book

Mediscams: Dangerous Medical Practices & Health Care Frauds--And How to Prevent Them from Harming You & Your Family
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  • Mediscams: Dangerous Medical Practices and Health Care Frauds--And How to Prevent Them from Harming You and Your Family
  • Written by author Chuck Whitlock, Ben Chandler
  • Published by St. Martin's Press, 2003/01/01
  • Where their health is concerned, Americans want answers. Too often, what they get are false promises from medical "professionals" more intent on lightening their patients' wallets than helping to shave off those stubborn five pounds. These medical scam ar
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Acknowledgments xi
Foreword xiii
Introduction xv
Chapter 1 Every Patient's Nightmare: Meet the Man Called "America's Worst Doctor"--John Ronald "Butcher" Brown 23
Chapter 2 A Brief History of MediScams: From Snake Oil to Cancer Quackery 35
Chapter 3 Managed Care--The Biggest MediScam of All? Putting a Price on Human Lives 55
Chapter 4 Dangerous Doctors: Physicians Are Supposed to Police Each Other--Why Don't They Do a Better Job of It? 75
Chapter 5 When "M.D." Means "Money Doctor" Don't Let Your Doctor Rip You Off 99
Chapter 6 Lying with Science: Just Because They Tell You It's "Scientifically Proven" Doesn't Mean It Is 117
Chapter 7 Marketing MediScams: Fraud as a Multimedia Event 135
Chapter 8 What on Earth? Turning the Planet into Scam Cures 153
Chapter 9 Plastic Surgery--The MediScammers' Newest Target The Price of Vanity Can Be Crippling--or Worse 167
Chapter 10 Potent or Placebo? Will the Real Cures Please Stand Up? 181
Chapter 11 Nursing Homes ... or Warehouses for the Elderly? Surely Our Parents Deserve Better than This 199
Chapter 12 Shopping for Supplements: Buying a Pig in a Poke 215
Chapter 13 Dental MediScams: Taking a Bite Out of Your Wallet 239
Chapter 14 Spotting the MediScams: The Telltale Tip-offs and Profiles of Medical Quacks and Their Victims 253
Final Thoughts 267
Appendix Resources 269
Selected Bibliography 287


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