Well, Dr. Leela's absolutely correct--to simply denounce practitioners without even attempting to acknowledge the other issues in a case as to success and failure--its just shortsighted.
It's easy to sit in judgement of practitioners like Shirl's when you only have part of the story. No offense to Shirl, but we don't have Shirl's case notes in front of us; we don't know what the Homeopath informed her about in terms of her own necessary compliance. So coming to a conclusion that the homeopath is incompetent because "he/she doesn't do what I would have done, if I had had this patient...." accomplishes nothing.
Chris said it earlier, Dr. Leela underscored the reasoning and the need for it, and I said it too: compliance is the big issue here. The patient HAS to work with a doc on this, no matter what the doctor feels about homeopathy; and no matter what the patient feels about the doctor. The lab tests are necessary, and the adjustments to the meds have to be precise and constantly monitored as gland function's restored.
The patient should not be making these dosing decisions on her own; that is dangerous. If we keep this point in mind then we realize that thehomeopath's remedy selection has been curative, and she/he's done his/her part; the patient is now required to enlist the services of her HMO, and MD, to do her part; the service providers, who must respond to her change in health in order to properly care for her, must then do their part. No shortcuts.
Why is this so hard for you, Anna, to understand? And this confusion about a single remedy--most students get that common misunderstanding cleared up within the first week of study. I'm a little concerned that someone who is in practice doesn't understand Hahnemann's concept there.
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there are less than ten practitioners i know of worldwide who can practice in this way, following hahnemann's plan for treatment of chronic diseases
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This just means you don't know any practitioners working in the world. It's no reflection on how well others practice. Believe me, many homeopaths are doing just fine and their patients are thriving without your approval, wherever they are in the world.
[ 16. March 2003, 16:02: Message edited by: ChaChaHeels ]