This is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary book to focus on the ethical challenges of complementary and alternative medicine. It examines the ethical challenges that CAM raises for patients and their physicians, and for patient-physician relationships. The book is written by a multidisciplinary team of CAM ethics and policy analysts, researchers and thought-leaders who present a forward-looking exploration of their subject.

Zusammenfassung

Complementary and Alternative Medicine examines the real-life implications of patient issues and the healthcare system in which care is delivered.

Because complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are not presently considered to be a part of conventional medicine, this book discusses the effect that CAM has on patients, physicians, healthcare, and policymakers. Also included are the implications that CAM has on traditional patient-physician relationships as well as the physician's ethical obligations on this subject.

Inhalt
A Context for Thinking About Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Ethics.- Complementry and Alternative Medicine.- Complementary and Alternative Medicine.- Advising Patients and Communicating About Complementary and Alternative Medicine.- Patient and Medical Education on Complementary and Alternative Medicine.- Legal and Risk Management Issues in Complementary and Alternative Medicne.- Whose Evidence, Which Methods?.