The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine

Statement by the Council for Scientific Medicine

Editorial:

A Special Issue
WALLACE SAMPSON

Correspondence:

Traditional Chinese Medicine, and more

Cases:

How I Learned Not to Believe Carlos Castañpeda
RICHARD de MILLE

Analysis:

Chinese Acupuncture for Heart Surgery Anesthesia
GARY P. POSNER and WALLACE SAMPSON

SPECIAL SECTION: PSYCHOLOGY AND "ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE"

Social and Judgmental Biases That Make Inert Treatments Seem to Work
BARRY BEYERSTEIN

The Mischief-Making of Ideomotor Action
RAY HYMAN

Alternative Medicine and the Psychology of Belief
JAMES E. ALCOCK

Report:

Perception of Conventional Sensory Cues as an Alternative
to the Postulated 'Human Energy Field' of Therapeutic Touch
Inert Treatments Seem to Work
REBECCA LONG, PAUL BERNHARDT, and WILLIAM EVANS

Article Review:

Does the Eisenberg Data Hold Up?
TIM GORSKI

Commentary:

Religiosity and Health
KEVIN COURCEY

The Making of a Complementary Medicine Man
E. PATRICK CURRY

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