User talk:FiachraByrne/Alternative medicine

As I understand it, neither the Lancet nor BMJ are currently academic journals, but are mainly by doctors for doctors, although published at large for anyone else to read who wishes or needs to. I have been looking at the Bibliography in your sandbox to see if anything there might be useful in connection with the "scientific method" question, and other criteria. BMJ titles which, at a guess, could be relevant in date order (earliest first) are:
 * 80's


 * Keat, A C S (1985-02-16). "Why do people seek treatment by alternative medicine?". BMJ
 * Letter to the editor complaining about methodology in Judith Moore study on CAM and arthritis; lacks controls; they're merely recording placebo response etc.
 * 90's


 * Fisher, P.; A. Ward (1994-07-09). "Medicine in Europe: Complementary medicine in Europe". BMJ
 * Article, pro-CAM, outlining: prevalence of CAM usage throughout Europe; attitudes of European public to CAM; numbers of practitioners; extent of provision; European institutions and reseasrch; future developments, etc.


 * Bower, H. (1998-06-06). "Double standards exist in judging traditional and alternative medicine" BMJ
 * News report/article:


 * Zollman, C.; A. Vickers (1999-09-25). "ABC of complementary medicine: Users and practitioners of complementary medicine". BMJ 319
 * Article: CAM prevalence of use; level of use; reasons for use.


 * "GMC advises doctors as teachers BMA calls for alternative medicine to be regulated Tories want doctors to have more training in general practice Defence medical services are declining". BMJ
 * BMA calls for single regulatory agency for CAM; osteopathy and chiropractic are regulated by statute in UK; other CAMs unregulated
 * 21c.


 * Berman, B. M (2001-01-20). "Complementary medicine and medical education".
 * Editorial; doctors not trained in CAM; patients using CAM; doctors needed basic training so they can use CAM/refer to CAM practitioners appropriately; 1997, 75 out of 125 US med schools offer some form of CAM training; describes CAM programme in Maryland where CAM therapies are presented "in the context of their own philosophies and models of health and illness":


 * Mills, S. Y (2001-01-20). "Regulation in complementary and alternative medicine". BMJ


 * Lexchin, J. (2003-05-29). "Pharmaceutical industry sponsorship and research outcome and quality: systematic review". BMJ
 * Article; This paper was cited by some CAM advocates; used to undermine scientific claims of biomedicine


 * Sheldon, T. (2004-02-28). "Netherlands to crack down on complementary medicine". BMJ 328
 * News item; CAM as quackery


 * Kumar, S. (2004-06-19). "Traditional Indian remedy for asthma challenged in court". BMJ
 * News item; CAM as quackery:


 * Willcox, M. L (2004-11-13). "Traditional herbal medicines for malaria". BMJ 329
 * Literature review; seeking/justifying research funding; conclusions:


 * Moynihan, R. (2012-02-15). "Assaulting alternative medicine: worthwhile or witch hunt?". BMJ
 * Article; Campaign against CAM employs a double standard:


 * Penston, J. (2012-03-06). "Why is alternative medicine alone under censure?". BMJ
 * Letter


 * "Re:College of Medicine or Quackery? BMJ". Retrieved 2013-01-22.
 * Letter which mostly consists of the following quote:

Qexigator (talk) 00:40, 2 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what you mean by "academic" journal; BMJ and Lancet are premier British medical journals. Very good for medical opinion on CAM and internal debates.
 * See summaries & quotes above. I basically took everything I could get from the BMJ on alt med since the 1980s. This is OR (though secondary sources could be obtained) but you have this opening up towards to alt med in the 1990s, probably based on recognition of usage (during Thatcher period GPs had more freedom to determine budgetary spending and started issuing referrals to alt med, I think, I'd have to read up on that again); this is supported by BMA 1993 statement and OAM definition adopted by Cochrane; more and more med schools offer CAM programmes (peripheral really to main med programmes); research into CAM; CAM begins to professionalise, mirroring, to some degree, professionalisation process of med in 19th century; early 21st century backlash (similar to what occurred in US in early 20th century); campaign to drive alt med from schools, etc.FiachraByrne (talk) 02:41, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
 * "academic" = scholarly as in Academic journal- like Bivins and Jutte, but not Relman cited Alt.med. Introduction --Qexigator (talk) 12:21, 11 February 2013 (UTC)