I blame the internet for giving people the opportunity to self-diagnose and natural health blogs which spout a bunch of alternative treatments which they make sound just as effective, if not more so, than regular treatments. Even if they do have some small amount of research to back their claim, they often will use one article that goes against the many, many articles that claim the opposite, and therefore ignoring the consensus of research.
I'm not saying that it's not good to investigate the alternatives, but it should never be in place of the standard treatments when things get really serious. It's hard to say how serious this situation was, which means we shouldn't really pass judgement on the mother and paint everyone who uses homeopathic or alternative treatments with the brush of "neglectful".
I will agree with one line from the article though:
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“We don’t need alternative medicine and conventional medicine. We need science-based medicine. Period,” he said.
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