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Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime (2005)

Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime (2005)

Documentary

Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime

Release Date: 2005, May 17
Directors: Kenny Ausubel
Countries: United States of America
Cast: Max Gail, Peter Barry Chowka

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

historical social documentary