Comments on: The Graceless Dr Michael Dixon OBE http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/02/graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html Experiments and Thoughts on Quackery, Health Beliefs and Pseudoscience Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: anarchic teapot http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/02/graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-17136 anarchic teapot Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:52:54 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/02/the-graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-17136 "complimentary practitioners" Unfortunately, they raarely do it for free. "If we are truly committed to healing people, then nothing should be ruled out, " Even therapies that are proven to be harlful? That is the logical conclusion if one adheres to that statement. "I suggest some of you do a bit more research first;" http://whatstheharm.net “complimentary practitioners”
Unfortunately, they raarely do it for free.

“If we are truly committed to healing people, then nothing should be ruled out, ”
Even therapies that are proven to be harlful? That is the logical conclusion if one adheres to that statement.

“I suggest some of you do a bit more research first;”
http://whatstheharm.net

]]> By: Burzynski Supporting Charity Loses Funding | The Quackometer http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/02/graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-17043 Burzynski Supporting Charity Loses Funding | The Quackometer Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:13:39 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/02/the-graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-17043 [...] Yes to Life has many high profile supporters that promote this very peculiar practice including Barbara Flynn, Maureen Lipman and Jerry Hall. Medical supporters include many previously associated with Prince Charles’ defunct quack charity, the Foundation for Integrated Health, including Dr Rosy Daniel, Boo Armstrong and head of the NHS Alliance, Dr Michael ‘Dickie Bow’ Dixon. [...] [...] Yes to Life has many high profile supporters that promote this very peculiar practice including Barbara Flynn, Maureen Lipman and Jerry Hall. Medical supporters include many previously associated with Prince Charles’ defunct quack charity, the Foundation for Integrated Health, including Dr Rosy Daniel, Boo Armstrong and head of the NHS Alliance, Dr Michael ‘Dickie Bow’ Dixon. [...]

]]> By: Mojo http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/02/graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-13913 Mojo Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:22:50 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/02/the-graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-13913 "I like people who think, I admire people who know but i detest people who think they know." How do you feel about people who think they know that treatments work while claiming that they can't be tested? “I like people who think, I admire people who know but i detest people who think they know.”

How do you feel about people who think they know that treatments work while claiming that they can’t be tested?

]]> By: Badly Shaved Monkey http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/02/graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-13910 Badly Shaved Monkey Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:23:37 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/02/the-graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-13910 <I>"If we are truly committed to healing people, then nothing should be ruled out,"</I> Joy, Should we rule out things that we know don't work? “If we are truly committed to healing people, then nothing should be ruled out,”

Joy,

Should we rule out things that we know don’t work?

]]> By: Joy Anderson http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/02/graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-13908 Joy Anderson Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:11:32 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/02/the-graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-13908 I met Dr Michael Dixon at a conference last week and was more than impressed at Dr Dixon's intelligent and broad-minded approach to healing. We need both allopathic and complimentary practitioners and, in my opinion, an integrated approach is definitely the way forward. My congrats to Dr Dixon for his low hospital referral rate, the numbers speak for themselves. Before you go criticising the pioneering efforts of others, I suggest some of you do a bit more research first; you may be surprised to find that 'weird medicine' is not so weird after all!! In fact it has been around for a very, very long time! If we are truly committed to healing people, then nothing should be ruled out, and surely we should be considering the needs of the patient first and foremost over and above the needs and insecurities of the practitioner. People recover quicker when they feel involved in their healing process, and should be encouraged to be proactive. One size doesn't fit all so there should be a range of different treatments available so people can make informed decisions about what they feel comfortable with, as opposed to what they can afford. There is always more than one way and we should celebrate integrating allopathic and complementary medicine as a new and exciting challenge. I fully support Dr Dixon’s campaign for change; it’s positive, economically viable and involves the patient in their own healing process. I met Dr Michael Dixon at a conference last week and was more than impressed at Dr Dixon’s intelligent and broad-minded approach to healing. We need both allopathic and complimentary practitioners and, in my opinion, an integrated approach is definitely the way forward.

My congrats to Dr Dixon for his low hospital referral rate, the numbers speak for themselves. Before you go criticising the pioneering efforts of others, I suggest some of you do a bit more research first; you may be surprised to find that ‘weird medicine’ is not so weird after all!! In fact it has been around for a very, very long time!

If we are truly committed to healing people, then nothing should be ruled out, and surely we should be considering the needs of the patient first and foremost over and above the needs and insecurities of the practitioner.

People recover quicker when they feel involved in their healing process, and should be encouraged to be proactive. One size doesn’t fit all so there should be a range of different treatments available so people can make informed decisions about what they feel comfortable with, as opposed to what they can afford.

There is always more than one way and we should celebrate integrating allopathic and complementary medicine as a new and exciting challenge. I fully support Dr Dixon’s campaign for change; it’s positive, economically viable and involves the patient in their own healing process.

]]> By: The New Age Medicine of Prince Charles | The Quackometer http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/02/graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-13855 The New Age Medicine of Prince Charles | The Quackometer Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:04:01 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/02/the-graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-13855 [...] will throw a prince as soon as his groom.” The Prince’s ability to surround himself with toad eating flatterers means that his absurd views of medicine cannot be directly challenged. But I fear this [...] [...] will throw a prince as soon as his groom.” The Prince’s ability to surround himself with toad eating flatterers means that his absurd views of medicine cannot be directly challenged. But I fear this [...]

]]> By: The GP Commissioning Consortium for Integrated Medicine | The Quackometer http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/02/graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-12415 The GP Commissioning Consortium for Integrated Medicine | The Quackometer Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:02:45 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/02/the-graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-12415 [...] in Devon might attract like minded GPs and patients, grow, and form a consortium to publicly fund many of the weird things he now offers [...] [...] in Devon might attract like minded GPs and patients, grow, and form a consortium to publicly fund many of the weird things he now offers [...]

]]> By: AbriPit http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/02/graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-12206 AbriPit Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:26:48 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/02/the-graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-12206 And this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP39e6eLu34&feature=related And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP39e6eLu34&feature=related

]]> By: AbriPit http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/02/graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-12205 AbriPit Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:24:32 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/02/the-graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-12205 It doesn't even take 'alternative medicine' to heal people, belief will do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGogJM24yRU&feature=related It doesn’t even take ‘alternative medicine’ to heal people, belief will do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGogJM24yRU&feature=related

]]> By: Meddling Princes, Medical Regulation and Licenses to Kill | The Quackometer http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/02/graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-11227 Meddling Princes, Medical Regulation and Licenses to Kill | The Quackometer Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:59:48 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/02/the-graceless-dr-michael-dixon-obe.html#comment-11227 [...] be prosecuted for making misleading claims or importing dangerous concoctions. Interestingly, Dr Michael Dixon, one of Prince Charles’s chief apologists, views the disagreement in 17th Century terms of [...] [...] be prosecuted for making misleading claims or importing dangerous concoctions. Interestingly, Dr Michael Dixon, one of Prince Charles’s chief apologists, views the disagreement in 17th Century terms of [...]

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