topic:"Quackery" found 14 records - BC Cancer Agency Library

Unconventional therapy

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Brigden, Malcolm L, Manner, Harold. [Victoria, BC?]: Victoria Cancer Clinic , 1984.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ266 V645 1984

Author: Brigden, Malcolm L; Manner, Harold

Corporate Author: Victoria Cancer Clinic

Place of Publication: [Victoria, BC?]

Publisher: Victoria Cancer Clinic

Publication Date: 1984

Physical Description: 1/2 inch : colour ; 60 minutes

Subjects: Quackery - videocassettes

Language: English

Material Type: Video; VHS

Audience: Professional

Location: VC Library Archives

Call Number: QZ266 V645 1984

Quack quack : the threat of pseudoscience

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Schwarcz, Joe. Toronto, ON: ECW Press , 2022.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ310 S399 2022

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

"In Quack Quack, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, who has been battling flimflam for decades, focuses on the deluge of anecdotes, cherry-picked data, pseudoscientific nonsense, and seductive baseless health claims that undermine efforts to educate the public about evidence-based science. The wide scope of the top…

Author: Schwarcz, Joe

Place of Publication: Toronto, ON

Publisher: ECW Press

Publication Date: 2022

Physical Description: xiii, 242 pages ; 21 cm

Subjects: Quackery; Pseudoscience; Popular Work

Abstract: "In Quack Quack, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, who has been battling flimflam for decades, focuses on the deluge of anecdotes, cherry-picked data, pseudoscientific nonsense, and seductive baseless health claims that undermine efforts to educate the public about evidence-based science. The wide scope of the topics drawn from past and present aims to cast a life preserver to people drowning in a sea of misinformation."-- Provided by publisher

Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN: 9781770416581

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ310 S399 2022

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Cancer : there is hope : ramblings

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Tylor, Byrun F. [Burnaby, BC]: Alive Books , 1993.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ201.5 T985 1993

Author: Tylor, Byrun F

Place of Publication: [Burnaby, BC]

Publisher: Alive Books

Publication Date: 1993

Subjects: Quackery; Alternative Medicine; Neoplasms - biography

ISBN: 920470521

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201.5 T985 1993

Relationship of belief in control and commitment to life to cancer patients' inclination to use unproven cancer therapies

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Skinn, Barbara Jean. [Vancouver, BC?]: University of British Columbia , 1990.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ201 S628 1990

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Skinn, Barbara Jean

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: University of British Columbia

Publication Date: 1990

Subjects: Quackery; Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - therapy

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Thesis

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201 S628 1990

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Essiac report : the true story of a Canadian herbal cancer remedy and of the thousands of lives it continus to save

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Thomas, Richard. Los Angeles, Ca.: Alternative Treatment Information Network , 1993.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ201.5 T461 1993

Alternate Title: Canada's remarkable unknown remedy : the essiac report

Author: Thomas, Richard

Place of Publication: Los Angeles, Ca.

Publisher: Alternative Treatment Information Network

Publication Date: 1993

Subjects: Essiac; Alternative Medicine; Medicine, Herbal; Quackery

ISBN: 096381803

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201.5 T461 1993

Holistic approach to cancer

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Pearce, Ian C. Essex, England: C.W. Daniel Company Limited , 1989.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ201.5 P359 1989

Author: Pearce, Ian C

Place of Publication: Essex, England

Publisher: C.W. Daniel Company Limited

Publication Date: 1989

Subjects: Quackery; Holistic Health; Neoplasms - popular works

ISBN: 0852072112

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201.5 P359 1989

Magic or medicine? : an investigation of healing and healers

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Buckman, Robert, Sabbagh, Karl. [Toronto, ON]: Key Porter Books , 1993.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WZ64 B925 1993

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Buckman, Robert; Sabbagh, Karl

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Key Porter Books

Publication Date: 1993

Subjects: Medicine; Alternative Medicine; Complementary Therapies; Quackery

ISBN: 1550132954

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WZ64 B925 1993

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Do you believe in magic? : the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine

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Offit, Paul A. New York, NY: Harper , 2013.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WB890 O32 2013

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Alternate Title: Do you believe in magic? : vitamins, supplements and all things natural : a look behind the curtain

Author: Offit, Paul A

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Harper

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: x, 322 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Complementary Therapies; Quackery; Deception; Pseudoscience; Popular Work

Notes: Paperback edition has alternate title.

ISBN: 9780062222961; 9780062222985 (pbk.)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WB890 O32 2013

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New alchemists : the rise of deceptive healthcare

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Garrett, Bernie. London, UK: Hammersmith Health Books , 2021.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WZ310 G239 2021

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Garrett explores real-world examples of deceptive health science, professional malpractice, misleading marketing, celebrity health fads, deception in alternative medicine, and more. -- Provided by publisher.

Author: Garrett, Bernie

Place of Publication: London, UK

Publisher: Hammersmith Health Books

Publication Date: 2021

Physical Description: x, 415 p. ; 22 cm

Subjects: Deception; Fraud; Quackery; Ethics,; Pseudoscience; Popular Work

Abstract: Garrett explores real-world examples of deceptive health science, professional malpractice, misleading marketing, celebrity health fads, deception in alternative medicine, and more. -- Provided by publisher.