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# Edzard Ernst

(1948)   Columnist

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Edzard Ernst is a columnist.

## Quick Facts About Edzard Ernst

Born January 30, 1948

Profession Columnist

## About Edzard Ernst

British-German academic physician and researcher specializing in the study of alternative medicine... \| Edzard Ernst is a retired British-German academic physician and researcher specialising in the critical study of complementary and alternative medicine. He was Professor of Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter, the world's first such academic position in complementary and alternative m

##  Quotes by Edzard Ernst

> [The claim of alternative practitioners to not treat disease labels but the whole patient...allows alternative practitioners to live in a fool's paradise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edzard-ernst/the-claim-of-alternative-practitioners-to-not-treat-disease-labels/)

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> [The notion that only those who preach the gospel of integrated medicine are able to perform the art of medicine is as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edzard-ernst/the-notion-that-only-those-who-preach-the-gospel-of-integrated/)

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> [We should listen less to the opinions of those who either overtly promote or stubbornly reject complementary and alternative medicine without acceptable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edzard-ernst/we-should-listen-less-to-the-opinions-of-those-who-either-overtly/)

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