My I recommend East London GP Michael Fitzpatrick's new book with Routledge 'The Tyranny of Health' which shows that the alternative crap is influencing the mainstream.
In message <002901c08640$8c569f90$76f246d1 at epinet.org>, Max Sawicky
<sawicky at epinet.org> writes
>. . .
>I'm with you there. Capitalist medicine has a lot to answer for. But
>so does "alternative" medicine. At least the mainstream kind of
>science relies on publication of evidence and reproducibility of
>results. The alternaquacks, as far as I know, don't. . . .
>
>
>At least one exception is a book by my friend,
>Adriane Fugh-Berman, who is a real physician.
>The book reviews peer-reviewed scientific
>research on alternative medicines:
>
>Alternative Medicine: What Works:
>A Comprehensive, Easy-to-Read Review
>of the Scientific Evidence, Pro and Con
>
>by Adriane Fugh-Berman, M.D. (Paperback)
>Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; ISBN: 0683304070
>
>Available from Amazon, among others.
>
>mbs
>
-- James Heartfield