title: [Propagating outsider methods at German universities].
abstract: According to the general-even legal-opinion and as I see it myself, the work at universities has to be carried out scientifically. Nevertheless, in the field of medicine it appears that at some German universities scientifically not generally acknowledged methods (outsider methods) are propagated uncritically. The violation of rules of scientific working methods, which obviously does not happen by chance, but rather systematically, can be proved in a number of publications. However, this can neither lead to the conclusion that German medical faculties do not work scientifically in principle, nor should it be regarded as a demand to stop the research into controversial methods of the scientifically not generally acknowledged medicine. In the face of the great number of scientifically not generally acknowledged methods as well as the limited funds and restricted research capacities at German universities, it would be sensible to continue the research only into unconventional methods which base on a plausible theory of effectiveness and where due to the results up to now a certain success can be expected.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ostendorf
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies; D003479:Curriculum; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004501:Education, Medical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Die Propagierung von Aussenseitermethoden an deutschen Universitäten.