On Jun 28, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Fred Bauder wrote:
Alternative medicine might involve things like
strong suggestion and
placebos, and actually work. Quack medicine involves cleaning out the
last assets of the victim and their family.
Fred
That's the best way to put the distinction I've heard.
I strongly disagree with a merge and think that Quackery should be a
subcat of Medicine instead of Alternative medicine. One can dupe
patients with unnecessary traditional-type therapies as much as one
can with alternative ones.
You could even get the scientologists to support that. :-)
Ec