Anthony Campbell (physician)

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

He was a consultant physician at The Royal London Homeopathic Hospital until he retired in 1998,^[1] and for many years was the editor of the British Homeopathic Journal (now Homeopathy), the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy.^[2]

Nonetheless, he is a skeptic about much of alternative medicine.^[3] 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,^[4] such as the consultation acting as a form of psychotherapy with a sympathetic listener.^[5] 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.^[6]

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)
• Homeopathy in perspective. Lulu Enterprises (2008)

References

1. Personal file, Anthony Campbell. Accessed 2007-03-24
2. Was Kent a Hahnemannian?
3. Key ideas in alternative medicine, Anthony Campbell. Accessed 2007-03-25
4. Homeopathy in Perspective, Anthony Campbell. Accessed 2007-03-24
5. Homeopathy. Skeptic's Dictionary
6. The British Medical Acupuncture Society - Reading List Archived April 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

• Anthony Campbell's Home Page for Acupuncture, Book Reviews, Assassins, Homeopathy, Skeptical Articles and Cycling