NHS letter stimulates international dialogue on interpretation and possible implications of CAM research.
Prompted by the open letter by 13 prominent British scientists to National Health Science (NHS) trusts questioning the use of homeopathy, Vinjar Fønnebø, M.D., Ph.D., and Michael Baum, M.B., Ch.M., F.R.C.S., M.D.(Hon) entered into an e-mail exchange about the issues of research and documentation of practices in "complementary," "alternative," and "integrated" medicine. The paper presents the whole exchange unedited. Researchers who are well-acquainted with the field benefit from discussing and challenging, and will achieve a clearer understanding of both the understanding and opinions of the others as well as their own positions.
Fønnebø
Vinjar
V
NAFKAM, University of Tromsø, Norway. Vinjar.Fonnebo@fagmed.uit.no
Baum
Michael
M
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005060:Europe; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005104:Expert Testimony; D006705:Homeopathy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012108:Research Personnel; D014481:United States