Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij

Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij
Formation1881
FounderBruinsma brothers
TypeNon-profit organisation
PurposeOpposing quackery and promoting evidence-based medicine
Location
Area served
Netherlands, Belgium
Membership
2,000+ (2011)[1]
Chair
Nico Terpstra[2]
AffiliationsEuropean Council of Skeptical Organisations, Stichting Skepsis, SKEPP
Websitehttp://www.kwakzalverij.nl/
Pronunciation of 'Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij'

The Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij or VtdK (English: Association Against Quackery[3] or Society Against Quackery[4]) is a Dutch organisation that investigates the claims of alternative medicine and opposes quackery.[5][6]

  1. ^ van Lier, Bas (2011). Van Bruinsma tot Renckens. De geschiedenis van de Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij in 16 voorzittersportretten. Amsterdam: Verening tegen de Kwakzalverij. p. 96.
  2. ^ Frits van Dam (21 October 2015). "Het bestuur". Website VtdK. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Spiritual healer acquitted in death of Dutch actress", CBC News, 12 June 2009, retrieved 8 October 2009
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Quackometer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "ZonMw wint kwakzalverij-prijs", Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch), 2006, retrieved 2009-06-23
  6. ^ Van Der Smagt, C.P. (2001), "Wat wil de vereniging?", Vereniging Tegen de Kwakzalverij (in Dutch), retrieved 2009-06-23