title: Homeopathy--quackery or a key to the future of medicine?
abstract: This is an edited transcript of a debate held at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA on 25 October 2007. Homeopathy is a widely used but controversial form of complementary and alternative medicine. Six distinguished international speakers, including advocates and skeptics concerning homeopathy, debated the plausibility, theoretical principles, clinical and basic research evidence, ethical and other issues surrounding homeopathy.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Homeopathy, 801 North Fairfax Street, Suite 306, Alexandria, VA 22314, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Peter W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Novella
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Davidovitch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saine
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000639:trends; D005060:Europe; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006705:Homeopathy / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D011781:Quackery / Q000639:trends*; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States