"Alternative" medicine and science - Like fire and water?

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 114, Issue 15-16, 2002, Pages 655-656

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Clinical trial; Complementary medicine

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN; GINGER EXTRACT; GLUCOSAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; TIPI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AVOCADO; BARK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MUSSEL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SMOKING CESSATION; SOYBEAN; WILLOW;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; SCIENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037200391     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

References (6)

1. What's the point of rigorous research on complementary/alternative medicine?
2. Are the clinical effects of homeopathy placebo effects? A meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials
3. Intentional ignorance: A history of blind assessment and placebo controls
4. How should we research unconventional therapies? A panel report from the conference on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Methodology, National Institute of Health
5. Pulsed magnetic field therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: A double-blind sham-controlled trial