Medical Quackery The Truth About Lies Essay
(Dis)Honesty – The Truth About Lies is a documentary film that examines how and why people lie. In the movie, the behavioural scientist, Dan Ariely, reveals his findings to his audience through a series of experiments, professionals’ views, and personal experiences. The film explains that deception can lead to problems such as increasing the risk of punishment and weakening trust in society. There is a correlation between dishonesty and health. Medical quackery is a fraudulent medical practice and can result in economic damage, jeopardize the public’s health, and end in imprisonment.
Medical quackery occurs when consumers are under an illusion and deceitfully parted away from their money. The 1988 National Health Fraud Conference chairman, …show more content…
Pat Kelly, a 55-year-old homemaker from Denver, had arthritis pain that gradually got worse, and she felt depressed and uneasy. However, she already had the solution to her problem: an almost surreal Chinese herbal preparation known as Black Pearl. A single handful of the pea-sized, shiny black pellets would mitigate her pain and depression, and she would feel well again. Black Pearl never failed her, the way her doctors supposedly had. Black Pearl, a substance now sold illegally throughout the U.S., contains up to 10 powerful hidden ingredients, including steroids, anti-inflammatories, and tranquilizers: a Molotov cocktail of prescription drugs doctors say can kill. A few months later, Kelly passed away - as a direct result of the medicines in the substance. When users of Black Pearl were tested by the Texas Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 42 percent were found to be in early-stage kidney failure caused by cadmium, a heavy metal found in the remedy. So far, at least four deaths and numerous hospitalizations were reported. Naturally, the promoters of medical quackery dismiss the possible health dangers of their products entirely, which jeopardize the public’s
Medical quackery occurs when consumers are under an illusion and deceitfully parted away from their money. The 1988 National Health Fraud Conference chairman, …show more content…
Pat Kelly, a 55-year-old homemaker from Denver, had arthritis pain that gradually got worse, and she felt depressed and uneasy. However, she already had the solution to her problem: an almost surreal Chinese herbal preparation known as Black Pearl. A single handful of the pea-sized, shiny black pellets would mitigate her pain and depression, and she would feel well again. Black Pearl never failed her, the way her doctors supposedly had. Black Pearl, a substance now sold illegally throughout the U.S., contains up to 10 powerful hidden ingredients, including steroids, anti-inflammatories, and tranquilizers: a Molotov cocktail of prescription drugs doctors say can kill. A few months later, Kelly passed away - as a direct result of the medicines in the substance. When users of Black Pearl were tested by the Texas Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 42 percent were found to be in early-stage kidney failure caused by cadmium, a heavy metal found in the remedy. So far, at least four deaths and numerous hospitalizations were reported. Naturally, the promoters of medical quackery dismiss the possible health dangers of their products entirely, which jeopardize the public’s