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Homeopathic vaccine
Author(s) -
Whiting Martin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.e4325
Subject(s) - suspect , medicine , faith , family medicine , law , political science , philosophy , theology
An owner presents a litter of 15‐week‐old puppies and their mother. The puppies are collapsed and have severe diarrhoea. You strongly suspect this to be caused by parvovirus, as you have seen several cases in the past three months. The owner says they were vaccinated by a neighbouring practice using a homeopathic nosode vaccine, but she has now lost all faith in the practice and wants to move to your practice. What legal and ethical elements should be considered when proceeding?