Art, Science and Placebo

Incorporating Homeopathy in General Practice

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2248442
AutoresC May (0000-0002-0451-2690, University of Manchester), Deepak Sirur (University of Manchester)
Año1998
Volumen20
Número2
Páginas168-190
Fecha de publicación1998-03-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9566.00096
OpenAlexW2091749365
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9

Sociological studies of complementary and alternative therapies have largely focused on the activities and experiences of lay practitioners and users. In contrast, this paper explores some of the ways that a group of medically qualified general practitioners employ homeopathic treatments in their everyday work within the NHS. We explore the ways in which homeopathic medicine accords with an expansive view of the consultation in general practice, and offers doctors a means of avoiding the iatrogenic effects of modern drug treatments. We also point to the ways that this involves practitioners in engaging with contests about the utility of treatments that are rejected by contemporary bioscience

Alternative medicine · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Expansive · Family medicine · General practice · Homeopathy · Pathology · Point (geometry · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · Engineering · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology