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Why Evidence?

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In Chap. 1, I have been banging on about ‘evidence’. But what is evidence? And why is it important? These are some of the questions I will address in this chapter.

This chapter is a revised and extended version of a chapter in my book HOMEOPATHY, THE UNDILUTED FACTS, Springer 2016 (https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Professor-Edzard-Ernst/Homeopathy—The-Undiluted-Facts–Including-a-Comprehensive-A-Z-Lexicon/19719982).

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    Hawke et al. (2018).

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    Hawke et al. (2018).

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  • Hawke K, van Driel ML, Buffington BJ, McGuire TM, King D (2018) Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (4):CD005974

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Ernst, E. (2019). Why Evidence?. In: Alternative Medicine. Copernicus, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12601-8_2

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