Peter Fisher

Summary

Affiliation: University College London
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Method for appraising model validity of randomised controlled trials of homeopathic treatment: multi-rater concordance study
    Robert T Mathie
    British Homeopathic Association, Luton, UK
    BMC Med Res Methodol 12:49. 2012
  2. ncbi What is homeopathy? An introduction
    Peter Fisher
    Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, 60 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3HR, UK
    Front Biosci (Elite Ed) 4:1669-82. 2012
  3. ncbi In vitro models for homeopathic high dilutions: the quest for reproducibility
    Peter Fisher
    Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    J Altern Complement Med 12:357-8. 2006
  4. ncbi Evaluation of specific and non-specific effects in homeopathy: feasibility study for a randomised trial
    Peter Fisher
    Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, London, UK
    Homeopathy 95:215-22. 2006
  5. ncbi Effectiveness gaps: a new concept for evaluating health service and research needs applied to complementary and alternative medicine
    Peter Fisher
    Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, London, UK
    J Altern Complement Med 10:627-32. 2004
  6. ncbi Homeopathy and mainstream medicine: a dialogue of the deaf?
    Peter Fisher
    Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    Wien Med Wochenschr 155:474-8. 2005
  7. ncbi Does homeopathy have anything to contribute to hormesis?
    Peter Fisher
    Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, London, UK
    Hum Exp Toxicol 29:555-60. 2010
  8. ncbi Complementary medicine: evidence base, competence to practice and regulation
    George T Lewith
    University of Southampton, Complementary Medicine Research Unit, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton
    Clin Med 3:235-40. 2003
  9. ncbi Entangled, or tied in knots?
    Peter Fisher
    Homeopathy 93:171-2. 2004
  10. ncbi The Memory of Water: a scientific heresy?
    Peter Fisher
    Homeopathy 96:141-2. 2007

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Publications28

  1. ncbi Method for appraising model validity of randomised controlled trials of homeopathic treatment: multi-rater concordance study
    Robert T Mathie
    British Homeopathic Association, Luton, UK
    BMC Med Res Methodol 12:49. 2012
    ..We define MVHT as the extent to which a homeopathic intervention and the main measure of its outcome, as implemented in a randomised controlled trial (RCT), reflect 'state-of-the-art' homeopathic practice...
  2. ncbi What is homeopathy? An introduction
    Peter Fisher
    Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, 60 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3HR, UK
    Front Biosci (Elite Ed) 4:1669-82. 2012
    ..There is a significant body of scientific evidence with positive results. Homeopathy is an anomaly around which deserves further investigation...
  3. ncbi In vitro models for homeopathic high dilutions: the quest for reproducibility
    Peter Fisher
    Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    J Altern Complement Med 12:357-8. 2006
  4. ncbi Evaluation of specific and non-specific effects in homeopathy: feasibility study for a randomised trial
    Peter Fisher
    Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, London, UK
    Homeopathy 95:215-22. 2006
    ....
  5. ncbi Effectiveness gaps: a new concept for evaluating health service and research needs applied to complementary and alternative medicine
    Peter Fisher
    Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, London, UK
    J Altern Complement Med 10:627-32. 2004
    ..Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) interventions, by definition, are not generally available through normal health care channels. Therefore, if effective, they have the potential to increase achieved community effectiveness...
  6. ncbi Homeopathy and mainstream medicine: a dialogue of the deaf?
    Peter Fisher
    Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    Wien Med Wochenschr 155:474-8. 2005
    ..The Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital is developing clinical integration and scientific collaboration with a major academic medical centre in London...
  7. ncbi Does homeopathy have anything to contribute to hormesis?
    Peter Fisher
    Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, London, UK
    Hum Exp Toxicol 29:555-60. 2010
    ..Homeopathy may contribute to the generalizability and reproducibility of hormesis effects. It also raises the question of the threshold of hormesis effects...
  8. ncbi Complementary medicine: evidence base, competence to practice and regulation
    George T Lewith
    University of Southampton, Complementary Medicine Research Unit, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton
    Clin Med 3:235-40. 2003
    ....
  9. ncbi Entangled, or tied in knots?
    Peter Fisher
    Homeopathy 93:171-2. 2004
  10. ncbi The Memory of Water: a scientific heresy?
    Peter Fisher
    Homeopathy 96:141-2. 2007
  11. ncbi Meta-analyses of homoeopathy trials
    Peter Fisher
    Lancet 371:985; author reply 985-6. 2008
  12. ncbi On the plausibility of Homeopathy
    Peter Fisher
    Homeopathy 97:1-2. 2008
  13. ncbi Reporting data on homeopathic treatments (RedHot): a supplement to CONSORT*
    Mike Emmans Dean
    Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK
    Forsch Komplementmed 13:368-71. 2006
    ..The authors recommend these for adoption by authors and journals when reporting trials of homeopathy...
  14. ncbi Reporting data on homeopathic treatments (RedHot): a supplement to CONSORT
    Mike Emmans Dean
    Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom
    J Altern Complement Med 13:19-23. 2007
    ..The authors recommend these for adoption by authors and journals when reporting trials of homeopathy...
  15. ncbi The Hawthorne Effect: a randomised, controlled trial
    Rob McCarney
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Imperial College London, UK
    BMC Med Res Methodol 7:30. 2007
    ..Our aim was to compare minimal follow-up to intensive follow-up in participants in a placebo controlled trial of Ginkgo biloba for treating mild-moderate dementia...
  16. ncbi Homeopathy is safe and does not lack positive evidence in clinical trials
    Robert T Mathie
    Br J Clin Pharmacol 64:396-7; author reply 398-9. 2007
  17. ncbi Changing reality
    Peter Fisher
    Homeopathy 95:1-2. 2006
  18. ncbi Reinventing vitalism
    Peter Fisher
    Homeopathy 91:61-2. 2002
  19. ncbi Send in your cases, or the lost art of the concise case report
    Peter Fisher
    Homeopathy 91:195-6. 2002
  20. ncbi Homeopathic arnica
    Peter Fisher
    J R Soc Med 96:206; author reply 206-7. 2003
  21. ncbi Volatile markers of breast cancer in the breath
    Michael Phillips
    Menssana Research Inc, Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024, USA
    Breast J 9:184-91. 2003
    ..This breath test could potentially be employed as a primary screen for breast cancer. Confirmatory studies in larger groups are required...
  22. ncbi A critical overview of homeopathy
    Flavio Dantas
    Ann Intern Med 139:W73; author reply W76. 2003
  23. ncbi Arnica and induction
    Peter Fisher
    Homeopathy 92:175-6. 2003
  24. ncbi Acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care: large, pragmatic, randomised trial
    Andrew J Vickers
    Integrative Medicine Service, Biostatistics Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, NY, NY 10021, USA
    BMJ 328:744. 2004
    ..To determine the effects of a policy of "use acupuncture" on headache, health status, days off sick, and use of resources in patients with chronic headache compared with a policy of "avoid acupuncture."..
  25. ncbi Homeopathy: do not condemn what we do not understand
    Peter Fisher
    Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo 59:153-4; author reply 155-6. 2004
  26. ncbi A landmark for basic research in homeopathy
    Peter Fisher
    Faculty of Homeopathy, Hahnemann House, Luton, Bed, UK
    Homeopathy 93:162-3. 2004
  27. ncbi Are the clinical effects of homoeopathy placebo effects?
    Peter Fisher
    Lancet 366:2082-3; author reply 2083-6. 2005
  28. ncbi The safety of homeopathic products
    Peter Fisher
    J R Soc Med 95:474-5; author reply 475-6. 2002