5.0

This is my second time reading a book by Offit, and once again, I am amazed by the meticulous research he’s done and the way he presents his findings. He scrutinises the alternative medicine industry logically, and carefully explains why people continue to believe in alternative therapies.

As a person who wants to become a doctor one day, it’s important to note that the many reasons why patients want to pursue alternative medicine rather than conventional, real, medicine. Educating people will be the best solution to our era’s epidemic of scientific denialism, from anti-vaxxers to patients harmed by non-scientific coffee enemas injected up their rectums.