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Media and homeopathy : Reporting between proximity to lobbyism and distance from science.
Abstract Media coverage of homeopathy frequently appears outside the evidence-based scientific context compared to other medical topics, even though it is good and accepted journalistic practice to report on medicine and health in an evidence-based way.Starting from the previous lack of systematic analyses or empirical data on homeopathy in the media, the authors present a narrative approach to the topic based on their years of observation of the media landscape from the perspective of science-based homeopathy criticism. As an explanatory hypothesis for the many media contributions on homeopathy that are far from...
Source: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - December 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Grams N, Endruscheit U Tags: Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz Source Type: research

Insights into disaster management scenario among various health-care students in India: A multi-institutional, multi-professional study
Conclusions: Participants in the present study revealed that they were willing to partake in disaster management. The participants also reported poor behavior and knowledge scores but appropriate attitude scores. The present study highlights the need for curriculum changes and policy implications for effective integration of various sectors for disaster management, particularly in developing nations such as India, which have a definite scarcity of resources.
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - June 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gururaghavendran Rajesh Almas Binnal Mithun B H. Pai S Vijayendranath Nayak Ramya Shenoy Ashwini Rao Source Type: research

AYUSH for COVID-19: Science or Superstition ?
Ritu Priya, V SujathaIndian Journal of Public Health 2020 64(6):105-107 There is a lot of discussion on COVID-19 control strategies from the mainstream approaches, but it is also necessary to examine the contributions of the Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Riga and Homeopathy (AYUSH) sector, which is now being brought into public health interventions nationally. Although the AYUSH sector had previously joined the management of dengue and chikungunya outbreaks in some Indian states, its participation has remained contentious and there is reluctance in mainstream public health discourses to seriously exa...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - June 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ritu Priya V Sujatha Source Type: research

Comment on the article by Norbert Schmacke: Homeopathy: "insubstantial doctrine of salvation".
PMID: 32246160 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - April 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Walach H Tags: Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz Source Type: research

Homeopathy: insubstantial doctrine of salvation.
This article is intended to discuss and analyze why homeopathy should not be part of medicine and should rather be understood as a concept of belief that lies outside of scientific methods. The clinical, legal, and political dimensions of the homeopathy debate are explained. Finally, the question of the legitimacy of placebo applications is discussed in light of the demand for patient-centered medicine. PMID: 32246158 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - April 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Schmacke N Tags: Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz Source Type: research

The Value of Treatment Processes in Germany: A Discrete Choice Experiment on Patient Preferences in Complementary and Conventional Medicine
ConclusionsThe time physicians take and the extent to which they listen attentively are most important and are equally important to all patients. These results may contribute to the debate about more patient-centered healthcare. They support a strengthening of medical consultations in the German healthcare system. We suggest giving physicians the opportunity to spend more time with their patients, which may be achieved by changing the general conditions of remuneration (e.g., improved reimbursement of medical consultations).German Clinical Trial RegisterDRKS00013160.
Source: The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research - December 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Perceptions on Breast Cancer Pattern: Medical Help Seeking Among Breast Cancer Patients
Perception on breast cancer influences the help seeking pattern of breast cancer patients. Negative perception causes delay in help seeking. Outcome or survival rate of breast cancer has a relation on perception. A cross sectional study was done during July 2015-June 2016, to assess the perception on breast cancer and to find out the help seeking pattern and extent of help seeking time among breast cancer patients. A total of 200 patients were selected following the convenient method of sampling from National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital. Dhaka. Face to face interviews were taken from the diagnosed breast canc...
Source: Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin - June 6, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Dispute Issues About The Healing And Health Promotion Of Children
Many parents ask the pediatrician, nurses and health visitors on the Internet forums about fever, not mandatory vaccinations, homeopathy, such as breastfeeding and moving development of the childrens.
Source: Value in Health - October 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: K Fusz, R Rohmann, A Pakai, D Pusztai, Á Váradyné Horváth, B Behul, I Boncz, A Oláh Source Type: research

A qualitative study exploring factors influencing clinical decision-making for influenza-like illness in Solapur city, Maharashtra, India.
Authors: Ahankari AS, Myles PR, Tsang S, Khan F, Atre S, Langley T, Kudale A, Bains M Abstract The co-existence of different types of medical systems (medical pluralism) is a typical feature of India's healthcare system. For conditions such as influenza-like illness (ILI), where non-specific disease signs/symptoms exist, clinical reasoning in the context of medical pluralism becomes crucial. Recognising this need, we undertook a qualitative study, which explored factors underpinning clinical decisions on diagnosis and management of ILI. The study involved semi-structured interviews including clinical vignettes with...
Source: Anthropology and Medicine - July 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Anthropol Med Source Type: research

Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of non-individualised homeopathic treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis
ConclusionsThe quality of the body of evidence is low. A meta-analysis of all extractable data leads to rejection of our null hypothesis, but analysis of a small sub-group of reliable evidence does not support that rejection. Reliable evidence is lacking in condition-specific meta-analyses, precluding relevant conclusions. Better designed and more rigorous RCTs are needed in order to develop an evidence base that can decisively provide reliable effect estimates of non-individualised homeopathic treatment.
Source: Systematic Reviews - March 24, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research

Patient perceptions of clinical care in complementary medicine: A systematic review of the consultation experience
Complementary medicine (CM) comprises an extensive and varied body of health-care professions generally considered separate to conventional medicine [1]. Commonly accessed CM professions include naturopathy, herbal medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic and massage [2,3]. CM use amongst the general population has been identified as both prevalent and consistently increasing on an international level [4,5], including patients with chronic health conditions [6,7]. It has also been asserted that the integration of CM consultations alongside the provision of conventional primary health-care services can enhance the qu...
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - September 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Hope Foley, Amie Steel Tags: Review article Source Type: research

Complementary and alternative medicines occupational closure in Portuguese healthcare: Contradictions and challenges
This article analyses strategies of closure recently enacted by complementary and alternative medicine practitioners in order to achieve occupational control over work domains in healthcare, taking Portugal as an example. A combination of the neo-Weberian occupational closure theory of the professions and Abbott’s jurisdictional vacancy theory is proposed as the framework for analysis. Acupuncture and homeopathy will be presented as case studies. Data are derived from in-depth interviews with 10 traditional acupuncturists and 10 traditional homeopaths. Data analysis suggests that (1) professionalisation, (2) alignmen...
Source: Health: - August 30, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Almeida, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Towards an ethnography of Indian homeopathy.
Authors: Frank R, Ecks S Abstract Despite its large number of practitioners, medical anthropology has given little attention to Indian homeopathy. In historical accounts, homeopathy's popularity is explained by its position as a modern, yet non-colonial form of medicine, which became indigenized during the last 150 years. Other scholars argue that homeopathic concepts converge with Indian ideas on healing. However, few empirical data have been gathered on homeopathic practice in contemporary India. In this paper, we explore the perspectives of college-trained homeopaths in urban West Bengal. How strongly do they fe...
Source: Anthropology and Medicine - February 14, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Anthropol Med Source Type: research

The emergence of trust in clinics of alternative medicine
Abstract Demands for alternative medicine have increased since the 1970s in nations in which western scientific evidence has become the basis for health care. This paradox has been the impetus to examine how trust emerges in clinics of alternative medicine. Alternative practitioners are self‐regulated and the clients pay out of their own pockets to attend non‐authorised treatments with very limited scientific evidence of their effects. Trust is a key issue in this context. However, only a few studies have dealt with the ways in which alternative practitioners win their clients’ trust. Drawing on three qualitative stu...
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - September 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Inge Kryger Pedersen, Vibeke Holm Hansen, Kristina Grünenberg Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Task-shifting challenges for provision of skilled birth attendance: a qualitative exploration
Conclusions Quality skill enhancement measures, an enabling work environment, a systematic task-shifting process, role definition, supportive supervision and credentialing could be key for the integration of APs and their acceptance in the health system.
Source: International Health - May 11, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Chandhiok, N., Joglekar, N., Shrotri, A., Choudhury, P., Chaudhury, N., Singh, S. Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research