Word: laetrilemania
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...fact. Laetrilemania seems to be only one facet of a broader rebellion. The signs of revolt are everywhere-from the refusal of motorists to buckle their seat belts to the fascination with occult healing. Some feminists insist on teaching themselves how to perform their own gynecological examinations in order to regain control, as they put it, of their own bodies from the male-dominated medical profession. Vastly different ideologies may be at play, but these grievances express a common discontent with officially proclaimed wisdom about public health. Though he himself is suffering from cancer (and refuses to take Laetrile...
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