There is no absolutely no evidence for the efficacy of homeopathic remedies
YOU report that some GPs are refusing to write free prescriptions recommended by the homeopathic hospital at Gartnavel ("GPs caught up in row over homeopathic prescriptions", The Herald, November 28, and Letters, November 30).
YOU report that some GPs are refusing to write free prescriptions recommended by the homeopathic hospital at Gartnavel (\"GPs caught up in row over homeopathic prescriptions\", The Herald, November 28, and Letters, November 30).
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It is difficult to agree with Alex Neil, the Health Secretary, that they have a moral obligation to provide such prescriptions: most investigators have concluded that there is no evidence for the efficacy of homeopathic remedies and no rational explanation of how they could be efficacious, so the question is why patients are referred to the hospital in the first place, if indeed their doctors do refer them there.
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There is no absolutely no evidence for the efficacy of homeopathic remedies
YOU report that some GPs are refusing to write free prescriptions recommended by the homeopathic hospital at Gartnavel ("GPs caught up in row over homeopathic prescriptions", The Herald, November 28, and Letters, November 30).
It is difficult to agree with Alex Neil, the Health Secretary, that they have a moral obligation to provide such prescriptions: most investigators have concluded that there is no evidence for the efficacy of homeopathic remedies and no rational explanation of how they could be efficacious, so the question is why patients are referred to the hospital in the first place, if indeed their doctors do refer them there.
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