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Author Hongoltz-Hetling, Matthew, author.

Title If it sounds like a quack ... : a journey to the fringes of American medicine / Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling.

Publication Info. New York : PublicAffairs, 2023.
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  615.856 HONGOLTZ-HETLING    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - New Materials  615.856 HON    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult New Materials  615.856 HON    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  615.856 HONGOLTZ-HETLING    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - New Materials  615.856 HONGOLTZ-HETLING    DUE 04-15-24
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  615.856 HONGOLTZ-HETLING    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult New Materials  615.856 HONGOLTZ-HETLING    Missing
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult New Materials  615.856 HONGOLTZ-HETLING    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  615.856 HO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 323 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-323).
Contents Introduction -- Incubation -- Prodromal politics -- Acute pangs -- Convalescence (or death) -- Epilogue.
Summary "A bizarre, rollicking trip through the world of fringe medicine, filled with leeches, baking soda IVs, and, according to at least one person, zombies. It's no secret that American health care has become too costly and politicized to help everyone. So where do you turn if you can't afford doctors, or don't trust them? In this book, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling examines the growing universe of non-traditional treatments -- including some that are really non-traditional. With costs skyrocketing and anti-science sentiment spreading, the so-called "medical freedom" movement has grown. Now it faces its greatest challenge: going mainstream. In these pages you'll meet medical freedom advocates including an international leech smuggler, a gold miner-turned health drink salesman who may or may not be from the Andromeda galaxy, and a man who says he can turn people into zombies with aerosol spray. One by one, these alternative healers find customers, then expand and influence, always seeking the one thing that would take their businesses to the next level--the support and approval of the government."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Quacks and quackery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Quacks and quackery -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Alternative medicine -- Political aspects -- United States.
Alternative medicine -- Social aspects -- United States.
Medical care -- Political aspects -- United States.
Social medicine -- United States.
MEDICAL / General.
Alternative medicine -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00806169
Medical care -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01013830
Quacks and quackery. (OCoLC)fst01084852
Social medicine. (OCoLC)fst01122637
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-2099
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title Journey to the fringes of American medicine
ISBN 9781541788879 (hardcover)
1541788877 (hardcover)
9781541788862 (ebook)
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