Health care consumers need to be educated about the dangers of quackery. Which of the following is a common characteristic of quackery?
A) Research of the practice was funded by a private, rather than public, agency.
B) It is provided by a person whose education and health care experience took place overseas.
C) It requires the consumer to pay for treatment.
D) Its purported benefits are exaggerated or the result of data manipulation.
Ans: D
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Exaggeration and data manipulation are often associated with medical quackery. Private research funding and requirements for payment are not exclusive characteristics of quackery. Practitioners with foreign education and/or experience are not necessarily involved in quackery.
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