QUACKERY

QUACKERY
A form of health frauds, is
any advertisement,
promotion or sale of
products or services that
have not been scientifically
proven safe and effective.
health fads
– it is usually known as
consumer myths or
consumer crazes which
refer to belief on health that
become quickly, stay on
briefly then die down
eventually.
QUACKERY
It is being operated by a QUACKS
– an individual that has little or no
professional qualifications to
practice medicine that
pretentiously uses meaningless
medical jargon and relies on scare
tactics, paranoid accusations and
quick fixes.
Characteristics of Quackery

1. A big business.
2. It multiples and spread fast.
3. It thrives on individuals who
are diagnosed with illness
that are known to have no
cure.
How to Identify Quackery

1. They do not put

advertisement. People
come to know about
their services by word of
mouth.
How to Identify Quackery

2. Most of them
perform their
services in their
own homes.
How to Identify Quackery

3. Some claim to
have secret formulas
which cannot be
obtained from
drugstores.
How to Identify Quackery
4. Some of them
perform their
services without
regard for
sanitation.
How to Identify Quackery

5. Some utter
unintelligible or vague
prayers or
incantations while
treating the patients.
How to Identify Quackery

6. Most of them
use the same
procedure for all
kinds of illness.
Effects of Quackery

1. A person who
will terribly ill may
die in the hands of
quacks.
Effects of Quackery
2. A sick person who
goes to a quack for
treatment instead of a
doctor may only be
prolonging or even
worsens his/her illness.
Effects of Quackery
3. Even if no actual healing
has been done, the patient
gets well merely by his/her
own faith either in the quack
or the remedies given. This
phenomenon is called as
PLACEBO EFFECT.
Effects of Quackery

4. Money is wasted
if the patient’s
condition does not
improve.
Effects of Quackery
5. The patient’s family
may only get false hope
if the quack assures
them of the patient’s
complete healing
FORMS OF QUACKERY
MEDICAL QUACKERY
-includes cures,
treatments and remedies
of various health
conditions or bloodless in
nature
FORMS OF QUACKERY
NUTRITION QUACKERY
-involves promotion of
food fads and other
nutritional practices that
claim to be all-natural
FORMS OF QUACKERY
DEVICE QUACKERY
-makes use of
miraculous gadgets that
are believed to cure
certain health conditions