quackery
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Sociology II
Presented by: Attroba Adan
Presented to: Ms. Aniqa Butt
Quackery Quackery is the promotion of fraudulent or
ignorant medical practices by unskillful doctors or by people who pretend to be doctors.
Quackery, in the broadest terms, is “anything involving over promotion in the field of health.”
Quackery
Quackery is often linked to health fraud where there is “the promotion, for profit, of a medical remedy known to be false or unproven.”
Quacks
A quack is “a pretender to medical skill; a charlatan”and “one who talks pretentiously without sound knowledge of the subject discussed.”
How can you spot Quack?
Quacks often award themselves impressive qualifications.
They are non-specific.
Use of out-of-context language, e.g. energy, frequencies, vibrations etc from other disciplines.
How can you spot Quack?
Claims to be standing up for ordinary people against the conspiracy of big pharmaceuticals, doctors and multinational evils.
He may offer a special or secret formula to cure a disease.
Medicare Fraud
Types of Quackery
Medical Quackery
Nutrition Quackery
Device Quackery
Medical Quackery
Medical Quackery pertains to the malpractice in the medical profession where the pseudo-doctors claim to be experts in treating disease.
Nutrition Quackery
Any form of fake or unclassified claims of nutritional value or impact.
As in herbal remedies and dietary supplements etc.
Device Quackery
Device Quackery pertains to the claims or information about the products that are ‘too good to be true.’
Harmful aspects of Quackery
It puts the life of public in danger.
It leads to conflicts between consumer and seller.
It causes anxiety in the public due to it’s uncertainty of effectiveness.
Harmful aspects of Quackery
People who have existing illness may become worse.
Body parts deformities may arise.
It creates regret in the public for the unwise use of their resources.
Conclusion
Hence, Quackery not only harm people physically or financially rather it creates psychological problems in the public as well.
