graham wrote:
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> "Arri London" > wrote in message
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> > graham wrote:
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> >> "Janet Baraclough" > wrote in message
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> >> > The message >
> >> > 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!!
> >>
> >
> >
> > 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


Can't say, cos I don't study those cases. Do they provide true clinical
evidence that it works? Why does anyone push 'quackery' instead of more
'scientific' medicine?