From JANE STILL
The double-think involved in comparing orthodox with complementary medicine
is so blatant I am surprised no one else appears to have noticed.
Almost any article comparing the two mentions the placebo effect in such a
way as to imply that individuals may be subject to it, if they claim a cure
from complementary medicine, to a greater degree than would be the case with
orthodox medicine.
If this is true, then why have individuals who have been faithfully trying
orthodox medicine for months or years not been cured by the placebo effect?
And yet a sceptical visit to a homeopath yields results.
Jane Still
North Petherton, Somerset
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