− | 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. | + | 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, "He 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 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). | + | The notion of a postulated and fuzzy phrased "holistic approach" (usually associated with "of body, mind and soul") remains a mere promise within alternative medicine and would be difficult to implement because of time and financial constraints. |