| Truth, proof and evidence: homeopathy and the medical paradigm. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 18439970 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The study and practice of medicine, in its most personal and intimate functions, its most sophisticated scientific and technological manifestations, and its philosophical and ethical ramifications, are central to our understanding of the human condition. Homeopathic medicine: its insights, the questions that it begs, and the scientific and philosophical challenges it presents, has a significant contribution to make to this process. To be actively and seriously engaged with homeopathy is an adventurous undertaking. It is to be engaged in exploring both human nature and the nature of the world we inhabit. And in that process we are also engaged in the pursuit of truth and the exploration of reality. This paper deals first with the layout of the playing field on which homeopathy has to compete to be taken seriously. It then discusses three concepts: reality, truth and knowledge, which are objectives for which we strive and principles that guide us in that striving. In the third part it introduces the concept of 'personal knowledge' as an essential ingredient of scientific discovery and the pursuit of truth. And finally it proposes that the homeopathic community in general, and the Faculty of Homeopathy in particular, must expand its vision with a definition of a new paradigm, the new model of healthcare and medical science to which the vision aspires. |
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Authors:
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Jeremy Swayne |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy Volume: 97 ISSN: 1476-4245 ISO Abbreviation: Homeopathy Publication Date: 2008 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-04-28 Completed Date: 2008-06-03 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101140517 Medline TA: Homeopathy Country: Scotland |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 89-95 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Faculty of Homeopathy, Tanzy Cottage, Middle Street, Rimpton, Somerset BA22 8AQ, UK. jem.swayne@btinternet.com |
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Animals Attitude of Health Personnel Evidence-Based Medicine* Homeopathy* Humans Materia Medica Observer Variation Philosophy, Medical* Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Research Design* Societies, Medical |
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0/Materia Medica |
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