Alternative medicine has a high social prevalence, being promoted by well organized groups that have developed an intricate rhetoric in order to self-justify in the absence of evidence. This article will analyse some of these arguments, some of their fallacies ??ad populum, ad ignorantiam??, other styles of reasoning ??conspiracy theories?? and other misconceptions of scientific concepts ??placebo effect, scientific authority. The objective will be to highlight the poverty of the rhetoric of proponents of alternative medicine, with special emphasis on the dangers for the consumer
When people who advocate integrating conventional science-based medicine with complementary and alte...
The so called alternative medicines are widely used and traditional physicians largely ignore them a...
Some alternative medicines enjoy widespread use, and in certain situations are preferred over conven...
An argument is presented according to which exposing pseudo-scientific medical claims may be ethical...
Proponents of controversial Complementary and Alternative Medicines, such as homeopathy, argue that ...
Proponents of controversial Complementary and Alternative Medicines, such as homeopathy, argue that ...
MANY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS often dismiss the concept of alternative medicine without a full understan...
The topic of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is controversial. CAM is a confusing term ...
Data de publicació electrónica: 24-10-2022The maxim of proponents of pseudoscience is to spread igno...
This paper argues that it is morally irresponsible for modern medical providers or health care insti...
In the last few decades, what is commonly known as complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) has ...
Complementary and alternative medical practices are flourishing despite the current fast pace of s...
Commentators such as Goldacre, Dawkins, and Singh and Ernst are worried that the rise in complementa...
Nowadays, it is surely the quack which stands as one of the most controversial, problematic. the qua...
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Springer in Scientometrics on 03/09/2021, ...
When people who advocate integrating conventional science-based medicine with complementary and alte...
The so called alternative medicines are widely used and traditional physicians largely ignore them a...
Some alternative medicines enjoy widespread use, and in certain situations are preferred over conven...
An argument is presented according to which exposing pseudo-scientific medical claims may be ethical...
Proponents of controversial Complementary and Alternative Medicines, such as homeopathy, argue that ...
Proponents of controversial Complementary and Alternative Medicines, such as homeopathy, argue that ...
MANY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS often dismiss the concept of alternative medicine without a full understan...
The topic of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is controversial. CAM is a confusing term ...
Data de publicació electrónica: 24-10-2022The maxim of proponents of pseudoscience is to spread igno...
This paper argues that it is morally irresponsible for modern medical providers or health care insti...
In the last few decades, what is commonly known as complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) has ...
Complementary and alternative medical practices are flourishing despite the current fast pace of s...
Commentators such as Goldacre, Dawkins, and Singh and Ernst are worried that the rise in complementa...
Nowadays, it is surely the quack which stands as one of the most controversial, problematic. the qua...
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Springer in Scientometrics on 03/09/2021, ...
When people who advocate integrating conventional science-based medicine with complementary and alte...
The so called alternative medicines are widely used and traditional physicians largely ignore them a...
Some alternative medicines enjoy widespread use, and in certain situations are preferred over conven...