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* FatalFlaw: Pride, fear, and desperation. The doctor Claire meets with puts it best, some women struggle to find meaning in life after undergoing breast surgery, feeling "undesirable" in the eyes of their husbands who may refuse to sleep with them post-surgery. We see this with Abigail Hurst and her husband, showing the emotional toll of these experiences even though surgery is what kept them alive. Exploiting the vulnerability of these women, Haas preys on their desperation by offering supposed alternatives to traditional treatments for breast cancer. Charging a whopping $75,000 per treatment, Haas capitalizes on the fears and hopes of these patients who wish to avoid mastectomy.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Haas seems like a professional doctor who's trying to help women with breast cancer. In reality, Haas preys on desperate women who are willing to pay anything for another option that cures their cancer without surgery; this is what makes Haas so despicable.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Haas is a grade-A quack, but the problem is that no one could do anything about her phony treatments. As she operates a ''business'' and not a ''hospital'', the regulations she must abide by differ from those of a medical facility. The secretary of the Cancer Society stated that they take action against those who promise cures and fail to deliver. However, Haas avoids this by not explicitly guaranteeing a cure but offering an "alternative." Logan is surprised that Haas has been able to evade being shut down by the authorities due to the nature of her treatments. The secretary explains that while the Cancer Society may publicly denounce treatments like those provided by Haas, they can't do anything about her as long as she refrains from making false promises of a cure to her patients.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Haas is a grade-A quack, but the problem is that no one could can do anything about her phony treatments. fake cures. As she operates runs a ''business'' and not a ''hospital'', the regulations rules she must abide by differ from those of a medical facility. The secretary of the Cancer Society stated that they take action against those who promise cures and fail to deliver. However, Haas avoids this by not explicitly guaranteeing ensuring a cure but offering an "alternative." Logan is surprised that Haas has been able to evade being shut down by the authorities due to the nature of her treatments. The secretary explains that while the Cancer Society may publicly denounce treatments like those provided supplied by Haas, they can't do anything about her as long as she refrains from making false promises of a cure to her patients. patients.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: After selling a phony "alternative" to women suffering from breast cancer, which ''got them all killed'' for refusing actual medical advice and treatments, Dr. Haas gets fifteen years in jail.
* LoopholeAbuse: Haas is a grade-A quack, but the problem is that no one could do anything about her phony treatments. As she operates a ''business'' and not a ''hospital'', the regulations she must abide by differ from those of a medical facility. The secretary of the Cancer Society stated that they take action against those who promise cures and fail to deliver. However, Haas avoids this by not explicitly guaranteeing a cure but offering an "alternative." Logan is surprised that Haas has been able to evade being shut down by the authorities due to the nature of her treatments. The secretary explains that while the Cancer Society may publicly denounce treatments like those provided by Haas, they can't do anything about her as long as she refrains from making false promises of a cure to her patients.
* LoopholeAbuse: Haas is a grade-A quack, but the problem is that no one could do anything about her phony treatments. As she operates a ''business'' and not a ''hospital'', the regulations she must abide by differ from those of a medical facility. The secretary of the Cancer Society stated that they take action against those who promise cures and fail to deliver. However, Haas avoids this by not explicitly guaranteeing a cure but offering an "alternative." Logan is surprised that Haas has been able to evade being shut down by the authorities due to the nature of her treatments. The secretary explains that while the Cancer Society may publicly denounce treatments like those provided by Haas, they can't do anything about her as long as she refrains from making false promises of a cure to her patients.
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* IRejectYourReality: As they're heading home, Kincaid says that Haas will need all the money she can get for the civil suits she'll be facing from all the people she screwed over, but McCoy doubts there will be any. He says the same thing that drew people to Haas will keep them off the stand: denial, refusing to accept that a woman could take advantage of other women.
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* IRejectYourReality: As they're heading home, Kincaid says that Haas will need all the money she can get for the civil suits she'll be facing from all the people she screwed over, but McCoy [=McCoy=] doubts there will be any. He says the same thing that drew people to Haas will keep them off the stand: denial, refusing to accept that a woman could take advantage of other women.
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* IRejectYourReality: As they're heading home, Kincaid says that Haas will need all the money she can get for the civil suits she'll be facing from all the people she screwed over, but McCoy doubts there will be any. He says the same thing that drew people to Haas will keep them off the stand: denial, refusing to accept that a woman could take advantage of other women.
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* SmellsOfDeath: A doctor faints while treating Bennett. It turns out to be a hysterical reaction to the patient's spasms and a case where nurses were affected by noxious fumes from a patient.
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* SmellsOfDeath: A doctor faints while treating Bennett. It turns out to be a hysterical reaction to the patient's spasms and a case where nurses were affected by noxious fumes from a patient.patient.
* SnakeOilSalesman: Dr. Haas sells her patients some "natural cure" which she apparently claims will cure the cancer without surgery.
* SnakeOilSalesman: Dr. Haas sells her patients some "natural cure" which she apparently claims will cure the cancer without surgery.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Gloria_Ramirez Gloria Ramierez]], a school teacher whose improvised remedy to help her cervical cancer made medical workers pass out when she was brought to the hospital.
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* BitterAlmonds: Subverted. Despite the almond smell, it is not the cyanide in Ann Bennett's what killed her, but her liver cancer.
* SmellOfDeath: A doctor faints while treating Bennett. It turns out to be a hysterical reaction.
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Her institute is a business, not a hospital, and isn't regulated in the same way. The secretary says they shut down people who promise curse and don't deliver, but Haas is careful to avoid specifically promising a cure. Rather, she just says she has an 'alternative.' Logan is surprised that Haas can evade being shut down do to semantics, so the secretary responds that the Cancer Society prints up flyers and goes on TV denouncing treatments like those Haas gives, but they can't legally force her to close so long as she never promises anyone a cure.
Logan tells Kincaid that Haas is selling poison, but Kincaid points out that just because a treatment isn't FDA approved doesn't make it poisonous. Briscoe thinks they have enough for a search warrant to search Haas' office and find out exactly what she's been selling. Kincaid says that Haas is too wealthy and famous to just barge in on. Logan says that Bennett had cyanide in her system, but Kincaid knows that there was only a trace. She is adamant that they need a full autopsy to determine what killed Ann. She gets a phone call and sighs. Nicholas is filing a motion to force the state to release Ann's body.
Logan tells Kincaid that Haas is selling poison, but Kincaid points out that just because a treatment isn't FDA approved doesn't make it poisonous. Briscoe thinks they have enough for a search warrant to search Haas' office and find out exactly what she's been selling. Kincaid says that Haas is too wealthy and famous to just barge in on. Logan says that Bennett had cyanide in her system, but Kincaid knows that there was only a trace. She is adamant that they need a full autopsy to determine what killed Ann. She gets a phone call and sighs. Nicholas is filing a motion to force the state to release Ann's body.
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Her institute is a business, not a hospital, and isn't regulated in the same way. The secretary says they shut down people who promise curse cures and don't deliver, but Haas is careful to avoid specifically promising a cure. Rather, she just says she has an 'alternative.' Logan is surprised that Haas can evade being shut down do due to semantics, so the secretary responds that the Cancer Society prints up flyers and goes on TV denouncing treatments like those Haas gives, but they can't legally force her to close so long as she never promises anyone a cure.
Logan tells Kincaid that Haas is selling poison, but Kincaid points out that just because a treatment isn'tFDA approved FDA-approved doesn't make it poisonous. Briscoe thinks they have enough for a search warrant to search Haas' office and find out exactly what she's been selling. Kincaid says that Haas is too wealthy and famous to just barge in on. Logan says that Bennett had cyanide in her system, but Kincaid knows that there was only a trace. She is adamant that they need a full autopsy to determine what killed Ann. She gets a phone call and sighs. Nicholas is filing a motion to force the state to release Ann's body.
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Young asks why [=McCoy=] cares so much; he gets gung-ho over convicting violent felons, but it's odd, she thinks, that he objects to selling fruit. [=McCoy=] says what he objects to is the selling of false hope. Haas says that [=McCoy=] doesn't understand the science well enough to be able to claim that her treatments don't work. Young offers fifty offers of community service as a suitable punishment, but [=McCoy=] rejects it. Young and Haas leave.
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Young asks why [=McCoy=] cares so much; he gets gung-ho over convicting violent felons, but it's odd, she thinks, that he objects to selling fruit. [=McCoy=] says what he objects to is the selling of false hope. Haas says that [=McCoy=] doesn't understand the science well enough to be able to claim that her treatments don't work. Young offers fifty offers hours of community service as a suitable punishment, but [=McCoy=] rejects it. Young and Haas leave.
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In court, Friedland testifies that he told Bennett that she needed a mastectomy, but that she saw Haas for a second opinion and then decided not to have the surgery. He adds that he told her that she needed surgery to survive, but that Bennett didn't change her mind. [=McCoy=] if Bennett would still be alive if she'd had surgery, and Friedland cites statistics showing that Bennett had a 70% chance of living for five years, and would almost certainly still be alive had she had the surgery.
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In court, Friedland testifies that he told Bennett that she needed a mastectomy, but that she saw Haas for a second opinion and then decided not to have the surgery. He adds that he told her that she needed surgery to survive, but that Bennett didn't change her mind. [=McCoy=] asks if Bennett would still be alive if she'd had surgery, and Friedland cites statistics showing that Bennett had a 70% chance of living for five years, and would almost certainly still be alive had she had the surgery.
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Written by Creator/MichaelSChernuchin & Creator/JeremyRLittman
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Kincaid says that she checked and found out that [=McCoy=] has only had three female assistants. [=McCoy=] just comments that it was Kincaid who wanted to know the truth, then leaves.
