The pitfalls of clinical case research: lessons from the Delphi Project

C Baas

doi:10.1016/j.homp.2003.10.004

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Homeopathy 2004; 93(01): 21-26
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2003.10.004

Original Paper

The pitfalls of clinical case research: lessons from the Delphi Project

Authors

C Baas

Abstract

Delphi is a project to make high-quality cases treated with homeopathy available for study. The project encountered a number of major difficulties including small numbers of cases submitted, ethical problems and problems of analysis. The nature of these problems and possible solutions are discussed.

Keywords

homeopathy - clinical case research - ethics - diagnostic instruments

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