| Paranormal health claims. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 2834214 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Faith in paranormal cures has always been the last hope of many sufferers from chronic or incurable diseases. Magico-religious rituals of healing are still around, but some have been replaced by pseudo-scientific systems, thinly disguising old superstitions in new obscurantism, more appealing to the half-educated. In medical quackery, inventiveness seems to be limitless, and only the main paranormal healing systems can be reviewed here. The increasing popularity of 'alternative' healing indicates the extent of dissatisfaction with dehumanising aspects of modern, technological medicine and its preoccupation with curing the curable at the expense of caring for the incurable. This leaves the sufferers, and also healthy people labelled with non-existent diseases, bleeding prey for the sharks roving the seas of medical ignorance. |
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Authors:
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P Skrabanek |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Experientia Volume: 44 ISSN: 0014-4754 ISO Abbreviation: Experientia Publication Date: 1988 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1988-06-03 Completed Date: 1988-06-03 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376547 Medline TA: Experientia Country: SWITZERLAND |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 303-9 Citation Subset: IM; Q |
Affiliation:
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Department of Community Health, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland. |
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Acupuncture Therapy
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history Chiropractic / history Christian Science Complementary Therapies* / history History, 19th Century History, 20th Century History, Ancient Homeopathy / history Humans Mental Healing Osteopathic Medicine / history Parapsychology* / history Placebos Quackery / history Radiesthesia / history Religion and Medicine |
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0/Placebos |
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