Anthony Campbell

Anthony Campbell, M.D., is a retired physician, homeopath, acupuncturist, author, and skeptic.

He was a consultant physician at The Royal London Homeopathic Hospital until he retired in 1998, [ [http://www.acampbell.ukfsn.org/personal.html Personal file] , Anthony Campbell. Accessed 2007-03-24] and for many years was the editor of the prestigious "British Homeopathic Journal" (now "Homeopathy"), the peer-review journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy. [ [http://www.hpathy.com/philosophy/cassam-kent1.asp Was Kent a Hahnemannian?] ]

Nonetheless, he is a skeptic about much of alternative medicine. [ [http://www.acampbell.ukfsn.org/essays/altmed/keyideas.html Key ideas in alternative medicine] , Anthony Campbell. Accessed 2007-03-25] Although a Fellow of the Faculty of Homeopathy who advises that a great many patients have found benefit from homeopathy, Campbell considers that its claimed benefits may be due to the placebo response and other factors unconnected with the medicines themselves, [http://www.acampbell.ukfsn.org/homeopathy/homeopathy-html/chapter01.html Homeopathy in Perspective] , Anthony Campbell. Accessed 2007-03-24] such as the consultation acting as a form of psychotherapy with a sympathetic listener. [ [http://skepdic.com/homeo.html Homeopathy] . "Skeptic's Dictionary"] He is regularly quoted in discussions of homeopathy as a practitioner and skeptic.

His books on acupuncture are recommended as appropriate reading material for newly trained members of The British Medical Acupuncture Society. [ [http://www.medical-acupuncture.co.uk/reading.shtml The British Medical Acupuncture Society - Reading List] ] He also runs training courses and is credited with having done much to further the aim of integrating acupuncture into conventional medicine. [ [http://www.acupunctureinmedicine.org.uk/showarticle.php?artid=2 The integration of acupuncture within medicine in the UK] (pdf), Peter Baldry, 2005]

Bibliography

* The Sacred Malady (fiction). "Chatto & Windus" (1967)
* Seven States of Consciousness. "Victor Gollancz" (1973); "HarperCollins" (1973).
* The Mechanics of Enlightenment. "Victor Gollancz" (1975).
* The Two Faces of Homoeopathy. "Robert Hale" (1984).
* Acupuncture: The Modern Scientific Approach. "Faber" (1987).
* Getting the Best for your Bad Back. "Sheldon" (1992).
* Natural Selection vs Natural Medicine. "Online Originals" London (1997).
* Acupuncture in Practice: Beyond points and meridians. "Butterworth-Heinemann" (2001).
* Back: Your 100 questions answered. "Newleaf" (2001)
* Beating Back Pain. "Mitchell Beazley" (2004)

References

External links

* [http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Anthony Campbell's Home Page for Acupuncture, Book Reviews, Assassins, Homeopathy, Skeptical Articles and Cycling]