Peter Fisher

Peter Antony Goodwin Fisher, FRCP (2 September 1950 – 15 August 2018) was an English physician who served as Homeopathic physician to Queen Elizabeth II for 17 years.

Life A graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, He was also President of the Faculty of Homeopathy and Editor-in-chief of the journal Homeopathy. In 2006 he participated in a debate with science writer Ben Goldacre at the Natural History Museum on Does Homeopathy Work?; his contribution was described by evidence-based medicine campaigner David Colquhoun as "shameless cherry-picking of the evidence". His claim that randomised controlled trials "cannot capture the possible benefits of homeopathy" and his defence of the disproven "water memory" hypothesis of homeopathic medicine was critiqued by Rose Shapiro in her book Suckers.

Fisher was awarded the Polish Academy of Medicine's Albert Schweitzer Gold Medal in 2007.

Fisher's other interests were gardening, sailing, swimming, skiing and scuba diving. As well as English, he spoke French, Afrikaans, and Dutch as a child.

Death Fisher died in a cycling accident on 15 August 2018. Following his death, Dr Gill Gaskin, medical director of the specialist hospitals board of University College London Hospitals (UCLH), said, "Peter was a highly regarded colleague and friend of many at the RLHIM, where he worked for more than 35 years. He was an international figure in homeopathy who was committed to holistic and compassionate care for his patients."

Publications Alternative Answers to Arthritis and Rheumatism, 1999 Numerous articles on homeopathy, including:

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