Ethics of complementary medicine: practical issues

Ethics of complementary medicine: practical issues.

Complementary medicine is popular, yet ethical issues are rarely discussed. Misleading information, informed consent, publishing, and confidentiality are discussed in the light of medical ethics. The message that emerges is that, in complementary medicine, ethical issues are neglected and violated on a daily basis.

The ethics of complementary medicine.

Complementary or alternative medicine (CM) is an area of intensive growth. At present about a third of the general population of the US use at least one form of complementary treatment.' In Europe its prevalence ranges from 49% in France to 24% in Denmark.2 In some countries (for instance Austria) CM can only be practised by physicians; in most countries, however, its practice is dominated by n...

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Complementary and alternative medicine- Legal issues

COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Ethical and legal issues at the interface of complementary and conventional medicine

Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW. Ian H Kerridge, BMed(Hons), MPhil, FRACP, FRCPA, Associate Professor of Bioethics, and Director; John R McPhee, BCom(Hons)(LegStud), Honorary Associate in Health Law. Reprints will not be available from the authors. Correspondence: Associate Professor Ian H Kerridge, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, ...