http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=257 Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:11:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=257&cpage=1#comment-10028 Science-Based Medicine » How State Medical Boards Shoot Themselves (and You) in the Foot Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:01:58 +0000 http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=257#comment-10028 [...] of quacks banding together to form pseudomedical pseudoprofessional organizations (PPOs) and bogus board-certification schemes to establish the appearance of professional legitimacy, [...] of quacks banding together to form pseudomedical pseudoprofessional organizations (PPOs) and bogus board-certification schemes to establish the appearance of professional legitimacy,

]]> http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=257&cpage=1#comment-9604 News From Around The Blogosphere 10.17.08 « Skepacabra Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:38:38 +0000 http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=257#comment-9604 [...] sCAM using bogus biomedical boards and bogus medical organizations to sound legitimate - I’m reminded of “Healthy Directions,” the sham medical organization that named “Dr.” Rashid Buttar among the top 50 doctors in the country. [...] [...] sCAM using bogus biomedical boards and bogus medical organizations to sound legitimate – I’m reminded of “Healthy Directions,” the sham medical organization that named “Dr.” Rashid Buttar among the top 50 doctors in the country. [...]

]]> http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=257&cpage=1#comment-9599 Val Jones Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:27:49 +0000 http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=257#comment-9599 These fake medical boards are infuriating. At one point, "Dr. John" (described in my first post at SBM) lobbied to require that all medical reviewers at our publishing company be "board certified in holistic medicine." He got the attorneys involved and they tried to pass the resolution via my supervisor. I informed one of the attorneys that the "American Board of Holistic Medicine" was not recognized by ABMS and that only a couple thousand physicians in the US even had this certification. I explained that this burden of narrowness would essentially rule out all our current reviewers (who were presidents of professional societies). He relented, apparently surprised that the ABHM wasn't a mainstream entity. He had fallen for Dr. John's snake oil. These fake medical boards are infuriating. At one point, “Dr. John” (described in my first post at SBM) lobbied to require that all medical reviewers at our publishing company be “board certified in holistic medicine.” He got the attorneys involved and they tried to pass the resolution via my supervisor. I informed one of the attorneys that the “American Board of Holistic Medicine” was not recognized by ABMS and that only a couple thousand physicians in the US even had this certification. I explained that this burden of narrowness would essentially rule out all our current reviewers (who were presidents of professional societies). He relented, apparently surprised that the ABHM wasn’t a mainstream entity. He had fallen for Dr. John’s snake oil.

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