Comments on: Self-Help Books by Quacks, Frauds and Incompetents: Why Don’t They Get the Kinds of Clinical Trials That Drugs Get? (Quote of the Day) http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/self-help-books-by-quacks-frauds-and-incompetents-why-dont-they-get-the-kinds-of-clinical-trials-that-drugs-get-quote-of-the-day/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: realitydoctor http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/self-help-books-by-quacks-frauds-and-incompetents-why-dont-they-get-the-kinds-of-clinical-trials-that-drugs-get-quote-of-the-day/#comment-5486 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:41:45 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/self-help-books-by-quacks-frauds-and-incompetents-why-dont-they-get-the-kinds-of-clinical-trials-that-drugs-get-quote-of-the-day/#comment-5486 “Freedom of speech” makes it difficult to regulate dishonest claims. It is completely legal to write a book whose content is untrue, unless it is libelous.

It is the “false advertising” angle that has made the most headway. While it is perfectly legal to write a book whose contents are untrue, it is not legal to make false claims about the book in advertising. If you do a web search on “Kevin Trudeau and FTC” you will see an example where the Federal Trade Commission has used this approach.

These books are successful because they tell people what they want to hear. If I have a health problem, I desperately want to believe that there is an easy solution. Unfortunately, that is not always the case.

“Navigating the Medical Maze” is a book that I wrote to try to help people distinguish between good and bad information. Check it out on Amazon.

]]> By: www.learnhypnosiseasily.info » Self-Help Books by Quacks, Frauds and Incompetents: Why Don’t They … http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/self-help-books-by-quacks-frauds-and-incompetents-why-dont-they-get-the-kinds-of-clinical-trials-that-drugs-get-quote-of-the-day/#comment-4389 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:49:29 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/self-help-books-by-quacks-frauds-and-incompetents-why-dont-they-get-the-kinds-of-clinical-trials-that-drugs-get-quote-of-the-day/#comment-4389 [...] 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote a fantastic post today on “Self-Help Books by Quacks, Frauds and Incompetents: Why Don’t They …”Here’s ONLY a quick extractHow many times have you read or heard about a self-help book that struck you as pure quackery? Probably a lot. some publishers make preposterous claims about how their books will improve your physical or mental health, or claims that … [...]

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