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Homeopathy and medical ethics
Article first published online: 4 NOV 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7166.2010.01051.x
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Shaw, D. (2011), Homeopathy and medical ethics. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, 16: 17–21. doi: 10.1111/j.2042-7166.2010.01051.x
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- Issue published online: 15 FEB 2011
- Article first published online: 4 NOV 2010
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Keywords:
- Alternative medicine;
- benefit;
- harm;
- homeopathy;
- medical ethics
Abstract
This paper examines homeopathy from the perspective of medical ethics. It emerges that homeopathic practice is likely to breach basic tenets of medical ethics, even if homeopathic practitioners are well-intentioned.