Evidence-based medicine and prejudice-based medicine: the case of homeopathy
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Resumo: | In recent decades an important social movement related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine has been identified worldwide. In Brazil, although homeopathy was recognized as a specialist medical area in 1980, few medical schools offer courses related to it. In a previous study, 176 resident doctors at the University of Campinas Medical School were interviewed and 86 (49%) rejected homeopathy as a subject in the core medical curriculum. Thus, this qualitative study was conducted to understand their reasons for refusing. 20 residents from 15 different specialist areas were interviewed. Very few of them admitted to a lack of knowledge for making a judgment about homeopathy; none of them made a conscientious objection to it; and the majority demonstrated prejudice, affirming that there is not enough scientific evidence to support homeopathy, defending their position based on personal opinion, limited clinical practice and on information circulated in the mass media. Finally, resident doctors’ prejudices against homeopathy can be extended to practices other than allopathic medicine. |
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Evidence-based medicine and prejudice-based medicine: the case of homeopathyEvidence-Based MedicineComplementary TherapiesHomeopathyPrejudiceIn recent decades an important social movement related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine has been identified worldwide. In Brazil, although homeopathy was recognized as a specialist medical area in 1980, few medical schools offer courses related to it. In a previous study, 176 resident doctors at the University of Campinas Medical School were interviewed and 86 (49%) rejected homeopathy as a subject in the core medical curriculum. Thus, this qualitative study was conducted to understand their reasons for refusing. 20 residents from 15 different specialist areas were interviewed. Very few of them admitted to a lack of knowledge for making a judgment about homeopathy; none of them made a conscientious objection to it; and the majority demonstrated prejudice, affirming that there is not enough scientific evidence to support homeopathy, defending their position based on personal opinion, limited clinical practice and on information circulated in the mass media. Finally, resident doctors’ prejudices against homeopathy can be extended to practices other than allopathic medicine.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz2014-11-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2014001102368Cadernos de Saúde Pública v.30 n.11 2014reponame:Cadernos de Saúde Públicainstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/0102-311X00183513info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBarros,Nelson Filice deFiuza,Alessandra Rodrigueseng2015-04-29T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0102-311X2014001102368Revistahttp://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/csp/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpcadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br||cadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br1678-44640102-311Xopendoar:2015-04-29T00:00Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)false |
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Evidence-based medicine and prejudice-based medicine: the case of homeopathy |
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Evidence-based medicine and prejudice-based medicine: the case of homeopathy |
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Evidence-based medicine and prejudice-based medicine: the case of homeopathy Barros,Nelson Filice de Evidence-Based Medicine Complementary Therapies Homeopathy Prejudice |
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Evidence-based medicine and prejudice-based medicine: the case of homeopathy |
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Evidence-based medicine and prejudice-based medicine: the case of homeopathy |
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Evidence-based medicine and prejudice-based medicine: the case of homeopathy |
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Evidence-based medicine and prejudice-based medicine: the case of homeopathy |
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Evidence-based medicine and prejudice-based medicine: the case of homeopathy |
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Barros,Nelson Filice de |
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Barros,Nelson Filice de Fiuza,Alessandra Rodrigues |
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Fiuza,Alessandra Rodrigues |
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Barros,Nelson Filice de Fiuza,Alessandra Rodrigues |
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Evidence-Based Medicine Complementary Therapies Homeopathy Prejudice |
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Evidence-Based Medicine Complementary Therapies Homeopathy Prejudice |
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In recent decades an important social movement related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine has been identified worldwide. In Brazil, although homeopathy was recognized as a specialist medical area in 1980, few medical schools offer courses related to it. In a previous study, 176 resident doctors at the University of Campinas Medical School were interviewed and 86 (49%) rejected homeopathy as a subject in the core medical curriculum. Thus, this qualitative study was conducted to understand their reasons for refusing. 20 residents from 15 different specialist areas were interviewed. Very few of them admitted to a lack of knowledge for making a judgment about homeopathy; none of them made a conscientious objection to it; and the majority demonstrated prejudice, affirming that there is not enough scientific evidence to support homeopathy, defending their position based on personal opinion, limited clinical practice and on information circulated in the mass media. Finally, resident doctors’ prejudices against homeopathy can be extended to practices other than allopathic medicine. |
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz |
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz |
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