Health conspiracies /
From ineffective, often dangerous medical treatments in the Middle Ages, including trepanation for headaches, to modern-day conspiracies about vaccines, misinformation surrounding health has influenced popular culture for centuries. The Reference Shelf: Health Conspiracies looks at a variety of rele...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[Ipswich, Massachusetts] :
H.W. Wilson, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, New York : Grey House Publishing,
2025.
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| Series: | Reference shelf ;
v. 97, no. 2. |
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| Summary: | From ineffective, often dangerous medical treatments in the Middle Ages, including trepanation for headaches, to modern-day conspiracies about vaccines, misinformation surrounding health has influenced popular culture for centuries. The Reference Shelf: Health Conspiracies looks at a variety of relevant topics including early medical schemes, medical denialism, common health myths, medical misinformation, common health misconceptions and more. This volume begins with a preface, outlining the historical context beliefs surrounding health. The preface also provides foundational information related to denialism tactics, including conspiracy, selectivity, fake experts, impossible expectations and logical fallacies. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9798891793187 |