Search
Descriptor English: Quackery
Descriptor Spanish: Charlatanería
Descriptor charlatanería
Scope note: Interpretación fraudulenta del diagnóstico y tratamiento de la enfermedad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Charlatanismo
Descriptor French: Charlatanisme
Entry term(s): Quackeries
Tree number(s): I01.880.735.728
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011781
Scope note: The fraudulent misrepresentation of the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Related: Nostrums MeSH
DeCS ID: 12218
Unique ID: D011781
NLM Classification: WZ 310
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1993/06/05
Quackery - Preferred
Concept UI M0018311
Scope note The fraudulent misrepresentation of the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Preferred term Quackery
Entry term(s) Quackeries



We want your feedback on the new DeCS / MeSH website

We invite you to complete a survey that will take no more than 3 minutes.


Go to survey