To the Editor: In their editorial, MacLennan and Morrison1 listed Curtin University’s Evidence Based Complementary Medicine as a pseudoscientific unit. This citation was completely unjustified.
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- 1. MacLennan AH, Morrison RGB. Tertiary education institutions should not offer pseudoscientific medical courses. Med J Aust 2012; 196: 225-226. <MJA full text>
- 2. Department of Health and Ageing. The national strategy for the quality use of medicines. Plain English edition. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2002. http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/nmp-pdf-natstrateng-cnt.htm (accessed Apr 2012).
- 3. Australian Pharmacy Council. Accreditation standards. December 2009, Version 1. Canberra: APC, 2009. http://pharmacycouncil.org.au/PD (accessed Apr 2012).
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Liesl Blott is the Unit Coordinator of Evidence Based Complementary Medicine at Curtin University.