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Stephen Barrett

Author, critic, doctor, medbed critic

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Roles / TypesAuthor, critic, doctor, medbed critic

Websitehttps://quackwatch.org/

Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barrett

Summary

Retired psychiatrist, Quackwatch founder, and long-time critic of questionable health claims. Stephen Barrett, MD, is a retired psychiatrist and consumer-health advocate best known for founding Quackwatch, a network focused on questionable health claims and health fraud. In this database he is relevant as a skeptical/critical source on alternative-medicine and medical-misinformation topics, including media reporting on medbed claims.

Details

Stephen Barrett, MD, is a retired psychiatrist and consumer-health advocate best known for founding Quackwatch, a network focused on questionable health claims and health fraud. In this database he is relevant as a skeptical/critical source on alternative-medicine and medical-misinformation topics, including media reporting on medbed claims.