QUACKERY

AND ITS
THREE FORMS
HEALTH 10
Quackery
It is a form of health fraud.
It is any advertisement, promotion or
sale of products and services that
have not been scientifically proven
safe and effective.
Quack
 Itis an individual that has little or no professional
qualifications to practice medicine.
 He/She also pretentiously uses meaningless
medical jargon and relies on scare tactics, paranoid
accusations and quick fixes.
Activity No. 1

QUACK! QUACK!
Nutrition Quackery
Itinvolves promotion of food fads
and other nutritional practice claims
to be all-natural.
These are believed to have beneficial
properties of multiple plants in one
product.
Medical Quackery
Itincludes cures, treatments and
remedies of various health
conditions that are drugless or
bloodless in nature.
Device Quackery
It makes use of miraculous
gadgets (such as dials, gauges,
electrodes, magnets and
blinkers) that are believed to cure
certain health conditions.
Activity No. 2

A BAD QUACK!
Physical and Psychological Effect of
Quackery
 It creates regrets and frustrations on the consumers
due to unwise spending of their resources.
 It leads to conflict between consumers and sellers.
 It causes anxiety and distress to the public due to
its uncertainty of effectiveness and lack of
assurance in terms of safety.
 Itmay develop dreaded diseases
 Body parts deformities may arise
 People who have existing illnesses may become
worse
Activity No. 3

FIGHT THE QUACK!

Why do you think
health fraud is very
rampant in the
Philippines?
Quick and inexpensive cure
Ignorance
Fear of Surgery or Legitimate
medical treatment
If you don’t want to be a victim,
how would you detect quackery?

 False credentials
 The promise for an immediate result
 Sales Pitch(Phrases such as miracle, magic, secret
remedy)
What advice can you
give to people for them
to avoid quackery?
Rubrics
Assignment

 Writeone paragraph essay on the question below.

Send your answers on our Facebook Group page.

How can you protect your family and

yourself from quackery?