Routes into the homeopathic profession: Witnessing, gender and subaltern therapeutics

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Routes into the homeopathic profession: Witnessing, gender and subaltern therapeutics

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Homeopathy, along with many other alternative therapies, has come under severe attack from apologists for orthodox medicine. Given the cultural authority of medicine, what then provides the impetus for people to take up homeopathy as a clinical practice? This article addresses this question in the context of homeopathic practice in New Zealand. Five focus groups were conducted with 22 homeopaths in five cities. The study found that it was common to be drawn to homeopathy through witnessing in...

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2022

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Kevin Dew / M Clark-Grill

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https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Routes_into_the_homeopathic_profession_Witness...

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Public health not elsewhere classified / Sociology not elsewhere classified / History and philosophy of specific fields not elsewhere classified / complementary and alternative medicine / gender / Homeopathy / New Zealand / subaltern therapeutics / Female / Humans / Medicine / Occupations / Public Health / History and Philosophy of Specific Fields not elsewhere classified / Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified / Sociology

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