Alternative medicine (theories)/Bibliography
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A philosophical analysis of the evidence-based medicine debate[1] attempts to clarify the nature of evidence-based medicine by performing a philosophical analysis of its relationship with alternative medicine.
Alternative Medicine: A "Mirror Image" for Scientific Reasoning in Conventional Medicine[2], using the example of homeopathy comes to the conclusion that alternative medicine is often demarcated from conventional medicine based not on evidence, but on preconceptions. The "crossword analogy" of philosopher Susan Haack is used to explain the status of alternative medicine.
Ethics and Complementary and Alternative medicine in Conversations in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (page 22) By Norma G. Cuellar, editor
References
- ↑ Sehon, S.R.; Stanley, D.E. (2003), "A philosophical analysis of the evidence-based medicine debate", BMC Health Serv Res 3 (14): 1472–6963, DOI:10.1186/1472-6963-3-14. Retrieved on 2009-01-03
- ↑ Vandenbroucke, J.P.; De Craen, A.J.M. (2001), "Alternative Medicine: A "Mirror Image" for Scientific Reasoning in Conventional Medicine", Annals of Internal Medicine 135 (7): 507–513. Retrieved on 2009-01-03