Tuesday, September 24, 2019

JACM Falsely Elevates Naturopathy's 'Homeopathy Discarded Status' via "Controversial"

here, from the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine's Special Issue on Naturopathy [SIN!] which came out in 2019:

001. at the publisher Mary Anne Liebert, there's a table of contents for their naturopathy "Special Focus Issue":

001.a. and therein, in that issue, we're told in the article "The State of the Evidence for Whole-System, Multi-Modality Naturopathic Medicine: A Systematic Scoping Review":

"the WNF [World Naturopathy Federation] defines the naturopathic profession based on two fundamental philosophies of medicine (vitalism and holism) and seven principles of practice (healing power of nature; treat the whole person; treat the cause; first, do no harm; doctor as teacher; health promotion and disease prevention; and wellness) [...]";

so, vitalism at the core, fundamental, definitive. Which is science-discarded.

001.b. and then, in "Naturopathic Medicine for the Management of Endometriosis, Dysmenorrhea, and Menorrhagia: A Content Analysis": 

"the controversy surrounding the scientific validity of homeopathy";

well, there is no controversy.  Homeopathy is bunk.  Just as vitalism within science is bunk.

002. now JACM states, too, simultaneously:

"the leading peer-reviewed journal providing scientific research for the evaluation and integration of complementary and alternative medicine into mainstream medical practice";

ah, a science vetting claim, en masse.  But since when is arguing for the patently and FOREVER science-ejected as still science a kind of scientific peer-reviewed research?  These wrappings are quite superficial...

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