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Homeopathy is a 200-year-old holistic medical system that mobilizes the organism’s self-healing powers. It falls into the category of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

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    To avoid the cumbersome repeated use of “he/she”, “he or she”, “his or her” etc., the pronouns “he”, “his”, etc., are used inclusively and should be understood as referring to both genders.

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  1. Pediatrician, Certified in Pediatric Oncology, Homeopath, Paris, France

    Birthe Repenning

  2. Faculty of Health, University of Witten/Herdecke, Herdecke, Germany

    Tim Schütze

  3. Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, Centre for Integrative Medicine, Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus, University of Witten/Herdecke, Herdecke, Germany

    Alfred Längler

  4. Department for Integrative Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Centre for Integrative Pediatric Oncology, Herdecke, Germany

    Alfred Längler

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Repenning, B., Schütze, T., Längler, A. (2012). Homeopathy. In: Längler, A., Mansky, P., Seifert, G. (eds) Integrative Pediatric Oncology. Pediatric Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04201-0_6

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