Stephen J. Barrett, M.D. (born 1933), is a retired American psychiatrist and author best known as a co-founder of the National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF) and the webmaster of Quackwatch. He runs a number of websites dealing with what he calls quackery and health fraud. He says that he bases his writings on consumer protection, medical ethics, and scientific skepticism. Barrett's critics have accused him of bias, lack of objectivity, … Wikipedia
In his long article on homeopathy, Barrett's accounting of the clinical research is compromised by omissions that would be unthinkable for any impartial scholar or journalist. www.aquarianonline.com/Wellness/quackwatch.html
This page contains a collection of articles about those self-appointed guardians of the public good, QUACKWATCH UPDATED 1-24-2007 http://www.chiro.org/LINKS/QUACKWATCHERS.shtml www.chiro.org/LINKS/QUACKWATCHERS.shtml
Dedicated to Stephen Barrett ... who epitomizes the defintion of barratry, also, barretry: The offense of persistently instigating lawsuits, typically groundless ones. www.humanticsfoundation.com/quackwatchwatch.htm
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Stephen Barrett. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barrett
A Response to Tim Bolen Stephen Barrett, M.D. When false ideas are attacked, their promoters often spread lies about the critics. www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/bolen.html