Category:Quackery

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This category is about the subject of quackery, which is a pejorative term defined as "medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings." A "quack" is "a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill. A person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan."

This category includes articles that in one way or another directly pertain to the subject of quackery.

They may be about remedies, practitioners, devices, and medical theories which are alleged by one or more members of the scientific and medical community to be without scientific merit or to run contrary to the findings of science, in other words put forth in ignorance of scientific findings. Some are based in beliefs strongly and in some senses honestly held by their practitioners, who may dispute the label.

In so far as they directly pertain to the subject of quackery, the included articles may be related to subjects like alternative medicine, consumer protection, debunkers, evidence-based medicine, medical ethics, pseudoscience, and scientific skepticism.

As such, inclusion in the category should not be construed as a statement that the subject actually is quackery, only that it is related to the subject, and is included as an aid to those interested in studying the subject.