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11 Quack Identification Flashcards

1
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Zhang Zhongjing

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“Cure Everything”

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“I have a new discovery that big pharma doesn’t want you to know” / knowing something that others don’t

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Secret Knowledge

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3
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Attributing claims to an authority figure or expert

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Name Dropping

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Aims to discredit, smear, malign sincere healthcare efforts / “Chemotherapy is toxic”

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Finger Pointing

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5
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A person who has a dubious education, fancy “organization” names

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Man of mystery

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6
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“You have cancer cells” but neglects that you have NK cells

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Cherry picking science

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7
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Treatments used in place of conventional medicine

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Alternative medicine

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Treatments used along with conventional medicine

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Complementary medicine

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Goal of integrative medicine

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To combine/integrate the conventional medicine with evidence-based CAM

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