[Omeo33] Art 1025 - Sc Tech Human Values, 2005, 30 (1), 111-136

[Gino Santini]

On the Margins of Everything: Doing, Performing, and Staging Science  
in Homeopathy
Nina Degele

Although it seems scientifically implausible, holistically oriented  
forms of alternative and complementary medicine (ACM) have become  
popular over the past few years. Homeopathy is considered to be one of  
the most widespread, heterogeneous, and controversial of these  
therapies. Science works as a generator of professional identity in  
such groups of medical outsiders. This article is based on extensive  
research on homeopathic communities conducted over several years. It  
will outline social conditions of homeopathic knowledge and treatment  
as opposed to scientific standards and will shed some light on  
homeopathyas affected by science onthree levels: homeopathicresearch,  
education, and everyday work. Since the area of medical science and  
research affects homeopathic practice but not vice versa, this article  
will also highlight the challenge of "doing science" in a still  
marginalized field.

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