Listen to my story
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چکیده
It is hardly surprising that faced with chronic incurable illness or a life threatening disorder, patients and those who love them and care for them easily suspend critical judgment when offered new hope. There is no shortage of charlatans who will, for a fee and often a substantial one at that, offer false hope, frequently robbing the dying of dollars and dignity. No form of this quackery is more distressing than that which uses the comforting aura of pseudo science attached to an “instrument”.
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