Table of contents for Consumer health : a guide to intelligent decisions / Stephen Barrett ... [et al.].
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Part I Dynamics of the Health Marketplace
1 Consumer Health Issues
2 Separating Fact from Fiction
3 Frauds and Quackery
4 Advertising and Other Promotional Activities
Part II Health-Care Approaches
5 Science-Based Health Care
6 Mental and Behavioral Help
7 Dental Care
8 The "CAM" Movement
9 Self-Care
10 Health-Care Facilities
Part III Nutrition and Fitness
11 Basic Nutrition Concepts
12 Nutrition Fads, Fallacies, and Scams
13 Weight Control
14 Fitness Concepts, Products, and Services
Part IV Major Health Problems
15 Cardiovascular Diseases
16 Cancer
17 HIV / AIDS
Part V Other Products and Services
18 Drug Products
19 Skin Care and Image Enhancement
20 Sexual and Reproductive Health
21 Health Devices
22 Coping with Death
Part VI Protection of the Consumer
23 Health Insurance
24 Health-Care Economics
25 Consumer Laws, Agencies, and Strategies
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Medical care.
Health products.
Quacks and quackery.
Consumer education.