| Complementary and alternative medicine: between evidence and absurdity. | |
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PMID: 19395826 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) has become important, particularly because it is widely used. This article outlines CAM's position between evidence and absurdity. It discusses misconceptions that often mislead the public and shows how CAM can and should be submitted to the principles of evidence- based medicine (EBM). Employing the example of acupuncture, the evidence as it currently stands is described. But there are numerous obstacles to applying EBM to CAM. EBM is defenseless against absurdity. We should, therefore, demarcate the absurd in order to avoid wasting time and resources. The new fad of "integrated" medicine has been proposed as a potential replacement for EBM. |
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Authors:
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Edzard Ernst |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Perspectives in biology and medicine Volume: 52 ISSN: 0031-5982 ISO Abbreviation: Perspect. Biol. Med. Publication Date: 2009 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-04-27 Completed Date: 2009-07-21 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0401132 Medline TA: Perspect Biol Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 289-303 Citation Subset: IM |
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Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exter and Plymouth, Exter, United Kingdom. Edzard.Ernst@pms.ac.uk |
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Biomedical Research Complementary Therapies* Evidence-Based Medicine* Humans Observation Reproducibility of Results |
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