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060 0 0 _a2011 A-881
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100 1 _aGoldberg, Robert,
_cPh. D.
245 1 0 _aTabloid medicine :
_bhow the Internet is being used to hijack medical science for fear and profit /
_cRobert Goldberg.
260 _aNew York :
_bKaplan Pub.,
_cc2010.
300 _ax, 325 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aProspect theory : the risks we choose to live with and why -- The precautionary principle: the politics of pseudocertainty -- Insta-Americans : the rise of online self-diagnosis -- A damaging precedent : the side effects of the Vioxx panic -- Web of fear : vaccines, autism, and the emergence of "instant experts" -- The suicide crisis : sowing fear about antidepressants -- Assault on scientists : the conflict-of-interest canard -- Tabloid medicine's victims : public health and medical progress -- Battling tabloid medicine : the personalized medicine revolution.
520 _aArgues that false and misleading medical information on the Internet has lead to a culture of fear where people avoid much-needed medicines and vaccines and development of these treatments is at an all-time low.
650 0 _aHealth education.
650 0 _aDecision making.
650 0 _aInternet.
650 0 _aRisk assessment.
650 1 2 _aConsumer Health Information
_xethics.
650 2 2 _aDecision Making.
650 2 2 _aInformation Dissemination
_xethics.
650 2 2 _aInternet.
650 2 2 _aPropaganda.
650 2 2 _aRisk Assessment.
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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