Melvin H Kirschner
Biographic Data
| ID | 6068366 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melvin H Kirschner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melvin H |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirschner |
| SIGNATURE | KIRSCHNER M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Melvin H. Kirschner is in family practice in Van Nuys, Calif. He is a former chairman of the Los Angeles County Medical Association/Bar Association Joint Committee on Biomedical Ethics; a contributing editor of The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine and Aberrant Medical Practices; and a board member of the National Council Against Health Fraud. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Spirituality and Health
The role of religion and spirituality in the promotion of health has been discussed in numerous medically oriented publications in the last few years. The authors of “Spirituality and Health for Women of Color” in the April 2002 issue of the Journal attempt to define spirituality as “an inner quality that facilitates connectedness with the self, other people, and nature.”1(p557) The authors quote literature that describes another form of spiritua…
Evidence-Based Medicine and Alternative Treatments
As a member of several bioethics committees and the National Council Against Health Fraud, I read Rosenstock and Lee's article “Attacks on Science: The Risks to Evidence-Based Policy”1 with great interest. Not since before the original Pure Food and Drug Act has there been such a sustained disregard for evidence-based medical science by vested interests. The increasing role of industry-sponsored research has resulted in the fast-tracking of incom…
Spirituality and Health
The role of religion and spirituality in the promotion of health has been discussed in numerous medically oriented publications in the last few years. The authors of “Spirituality and Health for Women of Color” in the April 2002 issue of the Journal attempt to define spirituality as “an inner quality that facilitates connectedness with the self, other people, and nature.”1(p557) The authors quote literature that describes another form of spiritua…
Evidence-Based Medicine and Alternative Treatments
As a member of several bioethics committees and the National Council Against Health Fraud, I read Rosenstock and Lee's article “Attacks on Science: The Risks to Evidence-Based Policy”1 with great interest. Not since before the original Pure Food and Drug Act has there been such a sustained disregard for evidence-based medical science by vested interests. The increasing role of industry-sponsored research has resulted in the fast-tracking of incom…
Spirituality and Health
The role of religion and spirituality in the promotion of health has been discussed in numerous medically oriented publications in the last few years. The authors of “Spirituality and Health for Women of Color” in the April 2002 issue of the Journal attempt to define spirituality as “an inner quality that facilitates connectedness with the self, other people, and nature.”1(p557) The authors quote literature that describes another form of spiritua…
Alternative medicine (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Bioethics (1 work) · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (1 work) · Conflict of interest (1 work) · Environmental health (1 work)