Homeopathy, Hahnemann, and The Lancet 250 years on: A case of the emperor's new clothes?

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 751-754

  Jobst, Kim A ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; ENERGY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HOMEOPATHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RELIGION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; PLACEBO EFFECT; PORTRAITS; QUACKERY;

EID: 28444454465     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.751     Document Type: Editorial

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