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Revision as of 07:44, 3 December 2005 by AED (talk | contribs) (let's try that again)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Quackwatch is an Internet guide to quackery and health frauds operated by Stephen Barrett, M.D., a retired psychiatrist, with input from his board of advisors (linked to on his site below). Quackwatch, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose stated purpose is to "combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies" whose "primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere". Quackwatch reports that its activities include:
- Investigating questionable health claims
- Answering inquiries about medical products and services
- Advising "quackery victims"
- Distributing publications on medical informaton
- Reporting illegal marketing of medical methods and products
- Assisting or generating consumer-protection lawsuits
- Attacking misleading advertising on the Internet
The site contains articles detailing a variety of purported medical therapies with explanations of why they are unscientific, and evidence on why they do not work, and how they could be (and in some cases have been) dangerous. It contains information about specific people who perform, market, and use these therapies, including some cases where they have been convicted of crimes, either for the quackery in question or for other things.
The site is part of a network of related sites, such as Homeowatch (on homeopathic medicine), ChiroWatch (specifically devoted to chiropractic fraud) and others.
The site is not without critics (such as Quackpotwatch) who detail a number of reasons to be critical of Quackwatch. In addition Quackwatch has been involved in numerous law suits, some that have settled for, and some settled against Quackwatch and its claims of fraud.
External links
- Quackwatch website
- Quackpotwatch - website critical of Quackwatch and Dr. Barrett
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