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Homeopathic and conventional treatment for acute respiratory and ear complaints: A comparative study on outcome in the primary care setting
Reporting Data on Homeopathic Treatments (RedHot): A Supplement to CONSORT.
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Jan 2007, Vol. 13, No. 1 : 19 -24
Dean ME, Coulter MK, Fisher P, Jobst KA, Walach H.
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom.
When homeopathy is tested in clinical trials, understanding and appraisal is likely to be improved if published reports contain details of prescribing strategies and treatments. An international Delphi panel was convened to develop consensus guidelines for reporting homeopathic methods and treatments. The panel agreed on 28 treatment- and provider-specific items that supplement the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement items 2, 3, 4, and 19. The authors recommend these for adoption by authors and journals when reporting trials of homeopathy.
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Models for the Study of Whole Systems Iris R.Bell, MD, PhD, and Mary Koithan, RN, PhD
Integrative Cancer Therapies, Vol. 5, No. 4, 293-307 (2006)
This article summarizes a network and complex systems science model for research on whole systems of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) such as homeopathy and traditional Chinese medicine.
Homeopathic Practitioner Views of Changes in Patients Undergoing Constitutional Treatment for Chronic Disease IRIS R. BELL, M.D., M.D.(H.), Ph.D.,1-9 MARY KOITHAN, R.N., Ph.D., A.P.R.N., B.C.,10 MARGARET M. GORMAN, B.A. P.A.-C.,1 and CAROL M. BALDWIN, R.N., Ph.D., H.N.C.11
Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, February, 2003.
Objectives: To identify areas that classical homeopathic practitioners would want to see evaluated in a patient self-report questionnaire sensitive to change during constitutional treatment.
Researching complementary and alternative treatments - the gatekeepers are not at home Vinjar Fonnebo, Sameline Grimsgaard, Harald Walach, Cheryl Ritenbaugh, Arne Johan Norheim, Hugh MacPherson, George Lewith, Laila Launso, Mary Koithan, Torkel Falkenberg, Heather Boon and Mike Aickin
Summary
CAM is not simply a new array of therapeutic tools that need to be evaluated; it presents other ways to think about disease and therapeutics, and consequently new ideas about how research should be strategically developed. In this article we have suggested two ways of taking this forward. First, the absence of statutory and financial gatekeepers for CAM presents several issues that need to be considered closely. Secondly, the structure of CAM research should be different, in subtle but important ways. We have provided some suggestions as to how this alternative research strategy could be structured keeping in mind that the ultimate goal for all approaches to treatment is to provide effective medical interventions at reasonable cost and without harm.
Homeopathic treatment for chronic disease: a 6-year, university-hospital outpatient observational study.
Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, October, 2005.
United Bristol Healthcare, National Health Service Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom. David.Spence@ubht.nhs.uk
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess health changes seen in routine homeopathic care for patients with a wide range of chronic conditions who were referred to a hospital outpatient department.
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