title: [Alternative medicine in ophthalmology?].
abstract: In an overview new data from the literature regarding alternative/complementary medicine are presented. Naturopathy, acupuncture and homeopathy as well as new findings in placebo-research and their correlation to alternative medicine are discussed. In addition, as a synthesis a patient-orientated so-called anthropologic medicine is recommended to make alternative/complementary medicine unnecessary.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsaugenklinik, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Magdeburg. augenklinik@uni-magdeburg.de
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Behrens-Baumann
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000639:trends; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends; D016896:Treatment Outcome