Routes into the homeopathic profession
Witnessing, gender and subaltern therapeutics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2250004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kelsi Dew (0000-0003-3159-0413, Sociology and Social Policy Programme Victoria University of Wellington Wellington New Zealand, corresponding author), Monika Clark‐grill (Sociology and Social Policy Programme Victoria University of Wellington Wellington New Zealand) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-112 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9566.13401 |
| PMID | 34817882 |
| OpenAlex | W3215527134 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 34 |
Homeopathy, along with many other alternative therapies, has come under severe attack from apologists for orthodox medicine. Given the cultural authority of medicine, what then provides the impetus for people to take up homeopathy as a clinical practice? This article addresses this question in the context of homeopathic practice in New Zealand. Five focus groups were conducted with 22 homeopaths in five cities. The study found that it was common to be drawn to homeopathy through witnessing in themselves, their family, friends or animals, the positive effects of homeopathy, commonly after negligible success from conventional medicine. For many participants, all of whom were women, the opportunity to study homeopathy occurred when they were the primary carers of children, with homeopathy providing a possibility for a change in work trajectories. Many participants had previous occupations inside the conventional health system. Central to the appeal of homeopathy as a subaltern practice in New Zealand is the often dramatic impact of witnessing the effects of the therapeutic modality, which is conceptualised as analogous to an 'event' that tears at the fabric of the everyday
Alternative medicine · Appeal · Context (archaeology) · Homeopathy · Political science · Subaltern · Traditional medicine · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · History · Law · Medicine · Psychology
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The System of Professions
Qualitative Methods for Health Research
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Analyzing Biographies and Narratives
Trust in Numbers
Seeing Like a State
Marginalising homœopathy
Scientific Controversy as Farce
Global Perspectives on Women and Work
Biomedicine and Alternative Healing Systems in America
Homeopathy in America
On the Margins of Everything
Becoming a complementary health practitioner
Diagnosis for Our Times, A
Theorizing Complementary and Alternative Medicines
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Seeing Like a State
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Quackery' in the Academy? Professional Knowledge, Autonomy and the Debate over Complementary Medicine Degrees
Working a Third Shift
Perceptions of evidence-based medicine
De-legitimising complementary medicine
Homoeopathy as a Feminist Form of Medicine
Art, Science and Placebo
Women's Bodies and Women's Lives in Western Herbal Medicine in the UK
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |