Introduction Patients are increasingly making their own healthcare their own responsibility, and are becoming more selective in what treatment and therapies they use in their recovery from illness. Dissatisfaction with conventional treatment that is indifferent of a holistic view of health, may produce more or less severe side-effects, or even concomitant diseases, makes patients seekContinue reading “Science, evidence-based medicine and CAM…..it´s controversial!”
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The controversial integration of Homeopathy into Conventional medical systems
The increasing demand for alternative and complementary medical treatment requests further discussions on the integration of CAM into conventional primary health care. The existent controversy concerning safety, lack of proof of effectiveness of the alternative therapy and in certain cases the absence of a regulatory body [1] [2] [3], have in the past raised heatedContinue reading “The controversial integration of Homeopathy into Conventional medical systems”
To swallow or not to swallow…that is the question!
Abstract A high degree of satisfaction is reported by patients of the homeopathic approach to health care [11]. Hahnemanns [10] postulations in Aphorism 2 of the Organon insist on a treatment that acts “in the shortest, most reliable and least detrimental of ways” (p.35). The routes by which remedies are administered can influence patient satisfactionContinue reading “To swallow or not to swallow…that is the question!”
A quest for consensus of speech – Say what you mean!
An exploration and critical analysis of the terminology used to describe ultra high dilution, the position of homeopathy in medicine and its relation to science – a demand for agreement on inter- and cross- disciplinary definition and vocabulary. Abstract In homeopathy there is a lack of consensus on the terminology used to describe it. TheContinue reading “A quest for consensus of speech – Say what you mean!”
In a nutshell…evidence based medicine
What is evidence based medicine (EBM)? Handoll and Smith [1] define EBM as “the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients” (p.251). Rosenberg and Donald [2] imply that this must be a systematic “finding, appraising, and using” of studies and trials (n.p.). Sackett etContinue reading “In a nutshell…evidence based medicine”
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