Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime

2005 | 83 minutes | 8.6 ★ (6)

Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime
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    In the 1920s, former coal miner Harry Hoxsey claimed to have an herbal cure for cancer. Although scoffed at and ultimately banned by the medical establishment, by the 1950s, Hoxsey's formula had been used to treat thousands of patients, who testified to its efficacy. Was Hoxsey's recipe the work of a snake-oil charlatan or a legitimate treatment? Ken Ausubel directs this keen look into the forces that shape the policies of organized medicine.

  • Release Date

    17 May 2005

  • DirectingKenny Ausubel
  • Budget

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