Pediatric Use of Complementary Therapies: Ethical and Policy Choices

Pediatric use of complementary therapies: ethical and policy choices.

OBJECTIVE Many pediatricians and parents are beginning to integrate use of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies with conventional care. This article addresses ethical and policy issues involving parental choices of CAM therapies for their children. METHODS We conducted a literature search to assess existing law involving parental choice of CAM therapies for their children. We...

SPECIAL ARTICLE Pediatric Use of Complementary Therapies: Ethical and Policy Choices

Objective. Many pediatricians and parents are beginning to integrate use of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies with conventional care. This article addresses ethical and policy issues involving parental choices of CAM therapies for their children. Methods. We conducted a literature search to assess existing law involving parental choice of CAM therapies for their children. We...

Complementary and alternative therapies: use in pediatric pulmonary medicine.

With increased awareness of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) and concern of potential adverse effects or limited effectiveness of conventional medications, patients and parents are looking to CAM approaches as either an alternative or as adjunct therapy, especially for chronic diseases such as asthma or cystic fibrosis. It is important that practitioners have adequate information so tha...

Incrementalism: Ethical Implications of Policy Choices

Pediatric use of complementary and alternative medicine: legal, ethical, and clinical issues in decision-making.

In this article we introduce a series of 8 case scenarios and commentaries and explore the complex legal, ethical, and clinical concerns that arise when pediatric patients and their parents or health care providers use or are interested in using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). People around the world rely on CAM, so similar issues face clinicians in many countries. In law, few cas...