Complementary And Alternative Medicine: Ethics, The Patient, And The Physician (biomedical Ethics Reviews S.)

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. Complementary And Alternative Medicine: Ethics, The Patient, And The Physician Is The First Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Book To Focus On The Ethical Challenges Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine (cam), Examining The Ethical Considerations And Challenges That Increasingly Face Patients, Physicians And Complementary And Alternative Medicine Practitioners Today.--jacket. A Context For Thinking About Complementary And Alternative Medicine And Ethics / Lois Snyder -- Complementary And Alternative Medicine: History, Definitions, And What Is It Today? / Richard J. Carroll -- Complementary And Alternative Medicine: The Physician's Ethical Obligations / Wayne Vaught -- Advising Patients About Complementary And Alternative Medicine / Arti Prasad And Mariebeth B. Velásquez -- Patient And Medical Education On Complementary And Alternative Medicine: Sorting It Out / Catherine Leffler -- Legal And Risk Management In Complementary And Alternative Medicine / Michael H. Cohen -- Whose Evidence, Which Methods? Ethical Challenges In Complementary And Alternative Medicine Research / Jon Tilburt. Edited By Lois Snyder. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xv A Context for Thinking About Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Ethics....Pages 1-6 Complementry and Alternative Medicine....Pages 7-44 Complementary and Alternative Medicine....Pages 45-75 Advising Patients and Communicating About Complementary and Alternative Medicine....Pages 77-119 Patient and Medical Education on Complementary and Alternative Medicine....Pages 121-165 Legal and Risk Management Issues in Complementary and Alternative Medicne....Pages 167-200 Whose Evidence, Which Methods?....Pages 201-230 Back Matter....Pages 231-241