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Originally Posted by ratbastid
If she were diagnosed with cancer (way to play the scare tactic there, by the way, guys) and wanted to do a homeopathy-only response to it, I'd want to follow the same philosophy. Do an experiment. Try it for a brief time--long enough to let it show results if it's going to, but not long enough to endanger her recovery in any significant way. I'd work with her doctor to figure out how long that is. If at the end of that period it's producing sufficient results (as had been defined prior to the experiment), then great, carry on, and continue to monitor it very closely for ongoing results the same as you would with any course of treatment. And if not, then switch to something else--probably something more traditional--and see if that produces results.
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It would be a mighty fragile relationship for it to be damaged by saying homeopathic medicine doesn't work.
You don't try a known worthless treatment for a time for cancer, most cancers are not better treated by not treating them for a worthless experiment in order to show whats already known.
And if her doctor agreed to this in a non-terminal case, they should lose their license.
For the OP, telling/not telling, minor, as nothing is being harmed besides her pocket book a little, but I just can't even fathom letting my mothers cancer progress untreated (and homeopathy = no treatment) just so I don't have to explain to her why its worthless.