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| Title |
Evidence-based medicine and prejudice-based medicine: the case of homeopathy
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| Published in |
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.1590/0102-311x00183513 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nelson Filice de Barros, Alessandra Rodrigues Fiuza |
| Abstract |
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. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 27 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 19% |
| United States | 3 | 11% |
| Spain | 2 | 7% |
| Australia | 2 | 7% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 4% |
| India | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 11 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 19 | 70% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 15% |
| Scientists | 3 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 34 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 34 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 15% |
| Researcher | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 15% |
| Unknown | 7 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 18% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 12% |
| Engineering | 2 | 6% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 21% |
| Unknown | 10 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 24. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 August 2022.
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