Alternative medicine (AM) is popular; about 40% of the US general population have used alternative treatment in the past year, and in Germany this figure is around 70%. The global market is expected to reach nearly US $ 200 billion by 2025, with most of these funds coming directly out of consumers’ pockets.
Consumers are bombarded with misleading and false information on AM and therefore prone to making wrong, unwise, or dangerous therapeutic decisions, endangering their healt...
表中的内容
Introduction.- Why Evidence.- The Attractiveness of Alternative Medicine.- The Unattractiveness of Alternative Medicine.- Ethical Problems in Alternative Medicine.- Other Issu...
关于作者
Edzard Ernst has researched all aspects of alternative medicine for 25 years. He and his team have published well over 1000 peer-reviewed papers and many books on the subject, ...