Beliefs of students and graduates about the allopathic molecular paradigm

Homeopathy and allopathy diverge not only in terms of their medical systems, but also in terms of their different philosophical and cultural traditions. Homeopathy embraces the tradition of vitalism, holism and ecology (ecological paradigm). Allopathy developed in the wake of a mechanistic and reductionistic approach (molecular paradigm). We have investigated to what extent students and graduates have absorbed the general assumption of the molecular paradigm. Methods: 135 students and graduates in medicine and veterinary science answered a questionnaire of 18 items, also containing statements from well-known sci…