Posted 09 May 2018
Last week, Ivo Vegter, the editor of Daily Maverick, posted an article arguing that ethical pharmacists should not sell quackery.
This week, in response he writes: “Last week, I argued for an “ethical pharmacist” certification for pharmacists who do not sell quack remedies, miracle diets and detox cures. This week, let me consider two of the responses I’ve had; one from a pharmacist, and one from a homeopath. One makes a good point, the other does not”.
This article is a worth-while read for a variety of reasons, and in particular for all those arguing that CAMs should have a ‘place in the sun’.
My first reaction was that there is no need to seek a balance between fact and fiction, science and magic, medicine and quackery.
Although a great part of the article addresses homeopathy, much of his argument can be applied to many … Read the rest