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Save lives and improve public health by countering misinformation

In Dead Wrong: Diagnosing and Treating Healthcare's Misinformation Illness, a team of health misinformation experts delivers a first-hand account of the dangers posed by false narratives and snake oil in the face of deadly healthcare crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic. In the book, you'll explore the challenges facing those who fight to restore truth to a place of primacy in the United States healthcare system, the strategies they use, and the lessons you can draw from their real-world stories.

Through interviews with healthcare leaders on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic and an intuitive discussion of contemporary academic research, the authors highlight issues of critical importance in the quest to bring accurate information to the American public. You'll also find:

  • An exhortation to healthcare professionals to take up the cause of countering misinformation as if their

    Table of Contents

    Foreword by Dr. Joseph Kvedar vii

    Preface ix

    Chapter 1 A Fatal Misconception 1

    Chapter 2 Pandemic of Lies 19

    Chapter 3 Our Tainted History 35

    Chapter 4 New Traumas, Old Wounds 53

    Chapter 5 A Shock to the Healthcare System 69

    Chapter 6 Trust and Empathy 87

    Chapter 7 Reverse- Engineering Dark Magic 107

    Chapter 8 Healthcare’s Human Stories 125

    Chapter 9 The Pursuit of Change 143

    Chapter 10 Doing No Harm 165

    Notes 177

    Acknowledgments 199

    About the Authors 205

    Index 207

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons
      Published 17 January 2023
      ISBN-13 9781394150601
      978-1394150601
      ISBN-10 1394150601
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      Health systems and services

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Save lives and improve public health by countering misinformation

      In Dead Wrong: Diagnosing and Treating Healthcare's Misinformation Illness, a team of health misinformation experts delivers a first-hand account of the dangers posed by false narratives and snake oil in the face of deadly healthcare crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic. In the book, you'll explore the challenges facing those who fight to restore truth to a place of primacy in the United States healthcare system, the strategies they use, and the lessons you can draw from their real-world stories.

      Through interviews with healthcare leaders on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic and an intuitive discussion of contemporary academic research, the authors highlight issues of critical importance in the quest to bring accurate information to the American public. You'll also find:

      • An exhortation to healthcare professionals to take up the cause of countering misinformation as if their

        Table of Contents

        Foreword by Dr. Joseph Kvedar vii

        Preface ix

        Chapter 1 A Fatal Misconception 1

        Chapter 2 Pandemic of Lies 19

        Chapter 3 Our Tainted History 35

        Chapter 4 New Traumas, Old Wounds 53

        Chapter 5 A Shock to the Healthcare System 69

        Chapter 6 Trust and Empathy 87

        Chapter 7 Reverse- Engineering Dark Magic 107

        Chapter 8 Healthcare’s Human Stories 125

        Chapter 9 The Pursuit of Change 143

        Chapter 10 Doing No Harm 165

        Notes 177

        Acknowledgments 199

        About the Authors 205

        Index 207

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