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Fake medicine : exposing the wellness crazes, cons and quacks costing us our health / Dr Brad McKay.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
306.461 MCKA	Adult Non Fiction		Lakemba .	. Available .
306.461 MCKA	Adult Non Fiction		Riverwood .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780733646867 (paperback)
Name	McKay, Brad author.
Title	Fake medicine : exposing the wellness crazes, cons and quacks costing us our health / Dr Brad McKay.
Published	Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2021.
Published	©2021
Description	290 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	We all want to be healthy, live longer and avoid cancer, but too many of us are being scammed by sciencey-sounding crooks and nonsense marketing. Dr Brad McKay, GP and experienced Australian science communicator, has watched how misinformation and 'alternative facts' have come to permeate every facet of our lives, causing many of us to turn away from academic expertise and instead look to social media influencers and dodgy websites to guide our health choices. Fake Medicine looks at the danger of Wellness Warriors, conspiracy theories and vaccine deniers, supplements and fad diets, alternative practitioners and the power of positive thinking, and interrogates the marketing that leads consumers toward dubious products and practices. In the wash of celebrity influencers and miracle cures, this is the essential book to debunk the faux-science and scam marketing of the modern health landscape.
Subjects	Quacks and quackery
	Conspiracies
	Common fallacies
	Deception
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Common fallacies . Conspiracies . Deception . Quacks and quackery . See Also: History . Fraud . Truthfulness and falsehood . Authors: McKay, Brad .