Continue reading "Homöopathie in der Apotheke – ein Münsteraner Memorandum"
Die Apotheke ist der Ort, an dem die PatientInnen "direkt" mit den Arzneimitteln in Kontakt kommen und sich auf die Fachkenntnis und Kompetenz des dort tätigen Personals verlassen. Dies bedingt fraglos eine besondere Verantwortung gegenüber …
Open letter from the INH on the topic of patient safety to the Federal Government Commissioner for Patients
This article meets the German health policy goal of "patient safety" and contradicts the use of this term by homeopaths.
Open letter to Minister Lucha, Baden-Württemberg, on the deletion of homeopathy from the further training regulations of the State Medical Association
The decision of the Baden-Württemberg Medical Association to remove homeopathy from the state's further training regulations was met with very clear and repeated public criticism by the Minister for Health, Social Affairs and Integration of …
Time for action! INH Open Letter on Homeopathy in the Health Sector
Six years of INH educational work, discussions and advertising for an appropriate role for homeopathy - not as medicine and outside the health system. We have achieved a lot, raised general awareness about the real …
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Homeopathy in a nutshell – for beginners
Homeopathy - a method from the transition from 18th to 19th century Homeopathy is a therapeutic concept developed by the German doctor Samuel Hahnemann at the time of the French Revolution. It is therefore inevitable …
The INH’s Statement on the “Scientific Opinion” concerning the homeopathy proposal of the party “Bündnis90/Die Grünen
Decision on Homeopathy in France – and Germany? – An Interim Conclusion
This week, French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn announced the French government's decision to remove homeopathy completely from the statutory health insurance scheme by 2021. For a transitional year, the reimbursement rate for homeopathic medicines is …
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Open letter of the INH to the German Federal Minister of Health on the “internal consensus” of the German medical law
Yesterday, on 13.06.2019, German TV satirist Jan Böhmermann so satirically as accurately analysed homeopathy in his programme "Neo Magazin Royale" and thus articulated in his special way the - in our opinion - widespreaded displeasure …
What does the German “internal consensus” mean?
This text describes the topic "Homoeopathy in German Pharmaceutical Law". Anyway, WE all agree... In 1976, consultations began on a fundamental reorganisation of German pharmaceutical law. By and large, the state's involvement in the pharmaceutical …
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Glasses, dentures and homeopathy – The role of German statutory health insurances
This text describes the legal situation under which health insurance companies in Germany are legally allowed to reimburse costs for homeopathy. Due to the very specific German factual and legal situation, we refrain from a …
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But health insurance companies wouldn’t pay for ineffective drugs!
(This contribution describes the legal situation in Germany which currently applies to the reimbursement of homeopathy by the statutory health insurance.) Unfortunately the health insurances do this indeed, even if one hardly considers it possible. …
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