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A review by librarian_luna
Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine by Paul A. Offit
4.0
The bulk of the book is spent discussing various alternative health proponents, their proposed cures and methods used in hawking their products. With each method, proponent, and cure Offit then discusses biological inconsistencies, consequences, and concerns. While this information is useful the last few chapters provided more of what I was hoping to read, discussions of placebo effects and ways in which 'allopathic' and 'alternative' approaches can work for the benefit of patients.
The book is definitely worth the time it took to read and although critical of many of the claims and promises of alternative medical approaches it doesn't dismiss them entirely (as seen in the last few chapters). It also, briefly, mentions some limitations of "main stream" medicine.
The book is definitely worth the time it took to read and although critical of many of the claims and promises of alternative medical approaches it doesn't dismiss them entirely (as seen in the last few chapters). It also, briefly, mentions some limitations of "main stream" medicine.