− | Users of alternative medical methods refer in the question of effectiveness often only to their own experiences, which are based on a selective perception of the past. Such retrospective observations are not evident by nature. The occasional argument, [[Who heals is right]] is not sensible because causality and correlation are often confused in anecdotal experiences and reports. In other words, an illness treated with [[globules]] might just as well have gone away by itself.
| + | As far as effectiveness is concerned, users of alternative medical methods often only refer to their own experience which is based on a selective perception of the past. Such retrospective observations are not evident by nature. The argument used occasionally, [[Who heals is right]], is not sensible because causality and correlation are often confused in anecdotal experience and reports. In other words, an illness treated with [[globules]] might just as well have gone away by itself. |
− | The notion of a postulated and fuzzy formulated "holistic approach" (usually associated with "of body, mind and soul") remains a pure promise within alternative medicine that would be difficult to implement because of time and financial constraints (see [[holistic]] after Issels). | + | The notion of a postulated and fuzzy phrased "holistic approach" (usually associated with "of body, mind and soul") remains a pure promise within alternative medicine and would be difficult to implement because of time and financial constraints (see [[holistic]] after Issels). |