Quack remedies taken too seriously can have dangerous consequences

IN Jo Kerrigan’s advertising piece masquerading as a local news story (‘Everyone has the aptitude to achieve more in life,’ Irish Examiner, January 9) ...

Quack remedies taken too seriously can have dangerous consequences
Mon, 16 Jan, 2006 - 00:00

... complementary medicine is described as an approach that is complementary to the body’s innate healing process (unlike drugs or surgery).

Two pages later, in the same issue, you describe Ariel Sharon’s (drug) induced coma as being to give him time to heal. Which would seem to be a clear case of using drugs in a way complementary to the body’s innate healing mechanisms.

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