Snake Oil Science
Bausell Ph.D., R. Barker Hailed in the New York Times as "entertaining and immensely educational, " Snake Oil Science is not only a brilliant critique of alternative medicine, but also a first-rate introduction to interpreting scientific research of any sort. The book's ultimate goal is to illustrate how the placebo effect conspires to make medical therapies appear to be effective-not just to consumers, but to therapists and poorly trained scientists as well.
Bausell ...