An invitation resulting in a rare insight into the acupuncturists’ mind-set | Edzard Ernst

I am editor in chief of a journal called FACT. It has a large editorial board, and I am always on the look-out for people who might be a good, productive and colourful addition to it. On 3 June, I sent an invitation to Mel Koppelman, who is by now well known to regular readers of this blog. […]

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Effectiveness, efficacy and wishful thinking…if all else fails, invent your own definitions! | Edzard Ernst

This post is dedicated to Mel Koppelman. 

Those who followed the recent discussions about acupuncture on this blog will probably know her; she is an acupuncturist who (thinks she) knows a lot about research because she has several higher qualifications (but was unable to show us any research published by herself). Mel seems very quick in lecturing […]

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