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Homeopathy in Healthcare: Effectiveness, Appropriateness, Safety, Costs

By Peter Matthiessen , Gudrun Bornhöft

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2011
ISBN
3642206379, 9783642206375
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-20638-2_1
Google Books ID
ScGLDUuporMC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1806229 bytes)
Edition
2012
Pages
218\218
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This volume includes the full Health Technology Assessment (HTA) report on effectiveness, appropriateness, safety and costs of homoeopathy in health care. The report was commissioned by the Swiss health authorities to inform decision-making on the further inclusion of homoeopathy in the list of services covered by statutory health insurance. Other studies carried out as part of the Swiss Complementary Medicine Evaluation Programme (PEK) caused a massive stir due to their schematic and exclusively quantitative (negative-)outcomes for homoeopathy. The present report, in contrast, offers a differentiated evaluation of the practice of homoeopathy in health care. It confirms homoeopathy as a valuable addition to the conventional medical landscape – a status it has been holding for a long time in practical health care.

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