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1. • • Members of the association, mostly doctors and other educated men, would chemically test suspect cures and remedies, and if they were found to be placebos or otherwise ineffective, the Society would publish their findings in their journal, Nederlands Tijdschrift tegen de Kwakzalverij (Dutch Magazine Against Quackery).
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     What’s Kept the Society Against Quackery Going for 137 Years

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   How often is quackery published in the Netherlands?

   • The Dutch Magazine Against Quackery is still published four times a year, and they’ve also introduced a tongue-in-cheek annual award, the Meester Kackadoris Prize, which they bestow on people who support quackery.

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   What is quack medicine?

   • So quack medicine refers to the fraudulent practice of quacks in the medical field claiming to possess the ability and experience to diagnose and treat diseases, and pretending that the medicine or treatment they provide are effective, generally for personal and financial gain [ 5 ].

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   Is medical quackery a problem?

   • The prevalence of quackery in the healthcare system is a serious challenge worldwide. This issue has long been a top concern for medical professionals throughout history, as mentioned in Hippocrates’ famous oath and his ethical writings on law and honesty [ 49 ]. Even Galen condemned medical quackery in his writings [ 50 ].

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   What is quackery in alternative medicine?

   • "Quackery is the promotion of false and unproven health schemes for a profit. It is rooted in the traditions of the marketplace", with "commercialism overwhelming professionalism in the marketing of alternative medicine". Quackery is most often used to denote the peddling of the "cure-alls" described above.

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   May 19, 2017 · An issue of the Dutch Magazine Against Quackery>. Nederlandse Leeuw/CC BY-SA 4.0. And it’s not just about raising awareness of quacks. The VtdK is still involved in more hands-on cases.

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   The Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij or VtdK (English: Association Against Quackery or Society Against Quackery) is a Dutch organisation that investigates the claims of alternative medicine and opposes quackery.

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   The Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij or VtdK (English: Association Against Quackery or Society Against Quackery) is a Dutch organisation that investigates the claims of alternative medicine and opposes quackery.

6. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleThe appeal of medical quackery: A rhetorical analysis

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   Mar 1, 2015 · Much like today, historical analysis of 18th century English quackery shows that those making dubious medical claims excelled at 3 things: taking advantage of new market opportunities, building a brand name, and advertising their product. 1 In fact, as reported by Huisman, the founders of the Dutch Society Against Quackery first wrote a book in ...

   • Author: Rebecca M. Widder, Douglas C. Anderson

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   A Dutch organisation that opposes quackery, Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij (VtdK), was founded in 1881, making it the oldest organisation of this kind in the world. [17] It has published its magazine Nederlands Tijdschrift tegen de Kwakzalverij ( Dutch Magazine against Quackery) ever since. [18]

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   Dec 15, 2020 · The term quack originates from quacksalver, or kwakzalver, a Dutch word for a seller of nostrums, medical cures of dubious and secretive origins. (Nostrums were the over-the-counter medications of the early modern world, available without a doctor’s prescription and taken at one’s own risk.)

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   Jan 11, 2024 · Background The field of health has been facing challenges with fraudulent practices and the prevalence of “quack medicine”. Many cases have given rise to this issue. Therefore, this study aims to comprehensively investigate and categorize the causes and consequences of quack medicine in the healthcare. Methods A scoping review, using the 5 stages of Arksey and O’Malley’s framework, was ...