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Line 35: }} '''Quackwatch''' is a United States–based website, self-described as a "network of people"<ref name=whofundsquackwatch >{{cite web |last=Barrett |first=SJ |date=April 18, 2016 |title=Who Funds Quackwatch? |url=http://www.quackwatch.org/00AboutQuackwatch/funding.html |publisher=Quackwatch |accessdate=January 13, 2017}}</ref> founded by psychiatrist [[Stephen Barrett]], which aims to "combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct" and to focus on "[[quackery]]-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere".<ref name="BarrettBio">{{cite web |last=Barret |first=SJ |date=December 21, 2016 |title=Stephen Barrett, M.D., Biographical Sketch |url=http://www.quackwatch.com/10Bio/bio.html |publisher=Quackwatch |accessdate=January 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name="mission">{{cite web |last=Barret |first=SJ |date=May 2, 2007 |title=Quackwatch Mission Statement |url=http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mission.html |publisher=Quackwatch |accessdate=January 13, 2017}}</ref> Since 1996 it has operated the [[alternative medicine]] [[Watchdog journalism|watchdog]] website '''quackwatch.org''', which advises the public on unproven or ineffective alternative medicine remedies.<ref name="quacks">{{cite news |last=Baldwin |first=FD |date=July 19, 2004 |title=If It Quacks Like a Duck.{{nbsp}}...|url=http://www.medhunters.com/articles/ifItQuacksLikeADuck.html |publisher=[[MedHunters]] |accessdate=February 1, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206060833/http://www.medhunters.com/articles/ifItQuacksLikeADuck.html |archivedate=February 6, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The site contains articles and other information criticizing many forms of alternative medicine.<ref name="QWmainpage">{{cite web |last=Barret |first=SJ |url=http://www.quackwatch.org/ |title=Quackwatch.org main page |publisher=Quackwatch |accessdate=February 12, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="The Good Web Guide">{{cite book|author=Arabella Dymoke|title=The Good Web Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCipdQBDUucC&pg=PA35|accessdate=September 4, 2013|year=2004|publisher=The Good Web Guide Ltd|isbn=978-1-903282-46-5|page=35|quote=Quackwatch is without doubt an important and useful information resource and injects a healthy dose of scepticism into reviewing popular health information. Its aim is to investigate questionable claims made in some sectors of what is now a multi-million pound healthcare industry.}}</ref><ref name="Eastern Medicine Goes West">{{cite web |last=Politzer |first=M |date=September 14, 2007 |title=Eastern Medicine Goes West |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118971914846626834?mod=googlenews_wsj |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |accessdate=September 14, 2007}}</ref> Quackwatch cites [[peer review|peer-reviewed]] journal articles and has received several awards.<ref name="Awards and Honors">{{cite web|title=Awards Received by Quackwatch|url=http://www.quackwatch.org/00AboutQuackwatch/Awards/awards.html |work=Quackwatch|date=|accessdate=}}</ref> The site has been developed with the assistance of a worldwide [[Scientific collaboration network|network]] of volunteers and expert advisors. It has received positive recognition and recommendations from mainstream organizations and sources, although at times it has also received criticism for perceived bias in its coverage. It has been recognized in the media, which cite quackwatch.org as a practical source for online [[consumer education|consumer information]].<ref name="jaroff_bust">{{cite news |last=Jaroff |first=L |date=April 22, 2001 |title=The Man Who Loves To Bust Quacks |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101010430-107254,00.html |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |accessdate=August 16, 2007}}</ref> The success of Quackwatch has generated the creation of additional affiliated websites;<ref name="ascp">{{cite news|first=Bao-Anh |last=Nguyen-Khoa |title=Selected Web Site Reviews — Quackwatch.com |url=http://www.ascp.com/publications/tcp/1999/jul/access.shtml |publisher=[[American Society of Consultant Pharmacists|The Consultant Pharmacist]] |date=July 1999 |accessdate=June 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318041703/http://www.ascp.com/publications/tcp/1999/jul/access.shtml |archivedate=March 18, 2009 }}</ref> {{as of|2019|lc=y}} there were 21 of them.<ref name=21_sites>{{cite web|url=http://www.quackwatch.org/00AboutQuackwatch/new.html|title=Recent Additions to Quackwatch|access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref> | |||