Brazilian medical students want to learn homeopathy and acupuncture in medical schools

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  • Flávio Dantas Universidade Federal de São Paulo
  • Hagen Rampes Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

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Author Biographies

Flávio Dantas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

MD, ScD. Professor of Homeopathy at Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais; Visiting Professor at Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Hagen Rampes, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

MD. Consultant Psychiatrist at Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, Edgware, Middlesex, United Kingdom.

References

Teixeira MZ, Lin CA, Martins MA. Homeopathy and acupuncture teaching at Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo: the undergraduates’ attitudes. Sao Paulo Med J. 2005;123(2):77-82.

Rampes H, Sharples F, Maragh S, Fisher P. Introducing complementary medicine into the medical curriculum. J R Soc Med. 1997;90(1):19-22.

Dantas F, Ribeiro CT. Atitudes de estudantes de medicina sobre práticas médicas het- erodoxas no Brasil. [Attitudes of Brazilian medical students towards complementary and alternative medicines]. Rev Bras Educ Méd. 2002;26(2):99-104.

Ernst E. Medical students’ attitudes towards complementary medicine: systematic review. Student BMJ. 1998;6:204-6.

Kazusei A. Práticas não-convencionais em medicina no município de São Paulo. [Practice of unconventional medicine in São Paulo City, Brazil]. [thesis]. São Paulo: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo; 2004.

Dantas F. Avaliação pelos alunos da disciplina eletiva de Introdução à Homeopatia na EPM/UNIFESP. Revista Digital de Educação Permanente em Saúde. 2004;1 (1 supl 2):132. Available from: http://www.abem-educmed.org.br/publicacoes/revista_digital/suplemento/pdf_vol_1_2004/vitoria_2004/digital_2004.pdf. Accessed in 2006 (Jul 18).

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2006-07-07

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Dantas F, Rampes H. Brazilian medical students want to learn homeopathy and acupuncture in medical schools. Sao Paulo Med J [Internet]. 2006 Jul. 7 [cited 2025 Mar. 9];124(4):237. Available from: https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/2242

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