"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> graham wrote:
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>> "Janet Baraclough" > wrote in message
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>> > from Arri London > contains these words:
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>> > Graham wrote
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>> >> > >> There is no such thing as a homeopathic doctor! They might call
>> >> > >> themselves
>> >> > >> such but they are QUACKS!!! If an MD dabbles in it, I wouldn't
>> >> > >> go
>> >> > >> near
>> >> > >> him/her as they are bloody idiots!!
>> >> > >> Graham
>> >
>> >> > > Would beg to differ. Our family doctor, when I were a little one,
>> >> > > was
>> >> > > equally trained in homeopathy, herbalism and 'scientific'
>> >> > > medicine.
>> >> > > That's common enough in Europe.
>> >
>> > My NHS GP /family doctor, is also a fully trained and qualified
>> > homeopathic doctor. Its one of the services she offers to her patients
>> > who want it. After her medical training, and specialist GP training,
>> > she
>> > spent a further 2 years
>> > training at the Homeopathic hospital which the NHS runs in Glasgow (one
>> > of several the NHS provides in Britain).
>> >
>> You don't need training to hand out little bottles of distilled water and
>> sugar pills!!
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> Actually you do. There are times when placebo would be dangerous. The
> training is to know when those times come up.

Then why is it that homeopaths are pushing their quackery as an alternative
to vaccination against childhood and tropical diseases as well as a malarial
prophlaxis?
Graham