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]

Townsend Letter
Editor-in-ChiefJonathan Collin, MD[1]
CategoriesAlternative medicine[2]
FrequencyTen times per year[1]
Paid circulation6000
FounderJonathan Collin, MD
Year founded1983 (1983)
First issue1983 (1983)[1]
CountryUnited States[1]
Based inPort Townsend, Washington[1]
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.townsendletter.com
ISSN1940-5464

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: Two letter ones are country codes.
gollark: I don't *think* so.
gollark: In some cases you would have to contort your speech weirdly to make it work.
gollark: I mean, my brain only has access to bounded memory and computing time.
gollark: Gibson said "they decide how they wanted to referred to", which seems excessively general since, again, the supreme overlord of all, master of all space and time, destroyer of worlds, devourer of souls/the supreme overlord of all, master of all space and time, destroyer of worlds, devourer of souls/the supreme overlord of all, master of all space and time, destroyer of worlds, devourer of souls's/the supreme overlord of all, master of all space and time, destroyer of worlds, devourer of souls's/the supreme overlord of all, master of all space and time, destroyer of worlds, devourer of souls.

References

  1. Feuerman, Francine; Handel, Marsha J. (1997). Alternative Medicine Resource Guide. Medical Library Association. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-8108-3284-8.
  2. "Townsend Letter". Ulrichsweb. ProQuest LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  3. "Quick Search – Townsend letter for doctors & patients [electronic resource]". London South Bank University Library. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. "About Townsend Letter". Townsend Letter. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  5. Nonrecommended Periodicals, from Quackwatch. Accessed August 21, 2008.


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