Townsend Letter
Townsend Letter, formerly Townsend Letter for Doctors, then Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients, is a periodical focusing on alternative medicine which has been in circulation since 1983.[1][3] Townsend Letter's website notes in a disclaimer: "We encourage reports which frequently are not data-based but are anecdotal. Hence, information presented may not be proven or factually correct."[4]
| Editor-in-Chief | Jonathan Collin, MD[1] |
|---|---|
| Categories | Alternative medicine[2] |
| Frequency | Ten times per year[1] |
| Paid circulation | 6000 |
| Founder | Jonathan Collin, MD |
| Year founded | 1983 |
| First issue | 1983[1] |
| Country | United States[1] |
| Based in | Port Townsend, Washington[1] |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 1940-5464 |
The website Quackwatch has listed the Townsend Letter on its list of magazines as non-recommended and fundamentally flawed.[5]
Abstracting and indexing
Townsend Letter is abstracted and indexed by EBSCO Publishing, Gale, and the British Library.[2]
gollark: What do they actually *do*, though?
gollark: Can you be more specific? IIRC Star Trek phasers did a gazillion random things depending on plot convenience.
gollark: I'm hoping there's some comparatively cheap way to at least mitigate the climatic issues, because otherwise it seems unlikely that (without massive societal change of some kind) much will be done.
gollark: In practice I think the fuel is unlikely to run out, given the multitude of ways to increase uranium use efficiency which aren't economical right now.
gollark: Really? The statistics I vaguely remember reading said we had something like 50 years even using it inefficiently.
References
- Feuerman, Francine; Handel, Marsha J. (1997). Alternative Medicine Resource Guide. Medical Library Association. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-8108-3284-8.
- "Townsend Letter". Ulrichsweb. ProQuest LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- "Quick Search – Townsend letter for doctors & patients [electronic resource]". London South Bank University Library. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- "About Townsend Letter". Townsend Letter. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- Nonrecommended Periodicals, from Quackwatch. Accessed August 21, 2008.
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