Abstract: . . .  relate the phenomenon to the growth in the consumer and green movements and to “post-modernism”, that is, as social change including globalisation has accelerated, faith in the ability of science and technology to solve the problems of living has declined. 56 Just because alternative medicine is enormously popular, that does not necessarily make it right. It is worth remembering the adage attributed to WF Hermans and cited by Renckens at the beginning of a review he wrote on alternative medicine : “The fact that millions of people do not master arithmetic does not prove that two times two is  . . .
. . .  homeopath. The two groups did not differ significantly in terms of age, sex, education, marital status, religion or income but those 47 Anonymous. British Medical Journal i: 1-2, 1980 48 Moore J, Phipps K, Marcer D, Lewith G. Why do people seek treatment by alternative medicine ? British Medical Journal 290: 28-29, 1985 49 Donnelly WJ, Spykerboer JE, Thong YH. Are patients who use alternative medicine dissatisfied with orthodox medicine ? Medical Journal of Australia 142: 539-541, 1985 Page 21 The popularity of alternative medicine 21 who attended the homeopath were more critical and sceptical about the efficacy of conventional medicine and believed that they had some control over their own health. In contrast to the earlier studies cited above, these authors concluded that people seeking homeopathic care tended to have poor experiences with medical practitioners rather than believing that orthodox medicine is in itself bad. 50 A recent national survey from the USA concluded that use of alternative . . .
. . .  orthodox medicine . They relate the phenomenon to the growth in the consumer and green movements and to “post-modernism”, that is, as social change including globalisation has accelerated, faith in the ability of science and technology to solve the problems of living has declined. 56 Just because alternative medicine is enormously popular, that does not necessarily make it right. It is worth remembering the adage attributed to WF Hermans and cited by Renckens at the beginning of a review he wrote on alternative medicine : “The fact that millions of people do not master arithmetic does not prove that two times two is  . . .
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