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3. Radicalizing hope

Author

Chapman, Michael and Komesaroff, Paul A.

Published
2023

15. In that case

Author

Komesaroff, Paul A.

Published
2011

21. Lead Essay—Viral Trajectories.

Author

Komesaroff, Paul, Upshur, Ross, Light, Edwina, Kerridge, Ian, and Chapman, Michael

Subjects
*SERIAL publications, *CLIMATE change, *BIOETHICS, *UNCERTAINTY, *WORLD health, *PAIN catastrophizing, *INTERPERSONAL relations, *SOCIAL support, *PRACTICAL politics, *COVID-19 pandemic, *FORECASTING
Published
2023
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35. A Gentle Ethical Defence of Homeopathy.

Author

Levy, David, Gadd, Ben, Kerridge, Ian, and Komesaroff, Paul

Subjects
DECEPTION, ETHICS, HOMEOPATHY, THEORY of knowledge, PATIENT safety, PLACEBOS, EVIDENCE-based medicine, PROFESSIONAL practice, INTEGRATIVE medicine
Abstract

Recent discourses about the legitimacy of homeopathy have focused on its scientific plausibility, mechanism of action, and evidence base. These, frequently, conclude not only that homeopathy is scientifically baseless, but that it is 'unethical.' They have also diminished patients' perspectives, values, and preferences. We contend that these critics confuse epistemic questions with questions of ethics, misconstrue the moral status of homeopaths, and have an impoverished idea of ethics-one that fails to account either for the moral worth of care and of relationships or for the perspectives, values, and preferences of patients. Utilitarian critics, in particular, endeavour to present an objective evaluation-a type of moral calculus-quantifying the utilities and disutilities of homeopathy as a justification for the exclusion of homeopathy from research and health care. But these critiques are built upon a narrow formulation of evidence and care and a diminished episteme that excludes the values and preferences of researchers, homeopaths, and patients engaged in the practice of homeopathy. We suggest that homeopathy is ethical as it fulfils the needs and expectations of many patients; may be practiced safely and prudentially; values care and the virtues of the therapeutic relationship; and provides important benefits for patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2015
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