ReviewMedGenMed : Medscape general medicine2003
Naturopathy: a critical appraisal.
Review in MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Naturopathy as a Model of Prevention-Oriented, Patient-Centered Primary Care: A Disruptive Innovation in Health Care.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Article
- Medicine is Patriarchal, But Alternative Medicine is Not the Answer.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2019Article
- Integrative oncology: really the best of both worlds?Nature reviews. Cancer · 2014Article
- Alternative medicine outside the ivory towers.MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine · 2004Article
- CAM is gaining strength around the world.MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine · 2004Article
- Working toward more patient-centered integrative care.MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine · 2004Article
- No one perspective on health and healing has an exclusive claim on truth.MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine · 2004Article
- We are all doctors.MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine · 2004Article
- Naturopathic medicine is indeed legitimate, effective, and wanted.MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine · 2004Article
- Naturopathic medicine is an emerging field in one of medicine's most dynamic eras.MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine · 2004Article
- Professional agendas and mechanisms for standardized licensure exams do exist in teaching naturopathic medicine.MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine · 2004Article
- The ND: treating the whole person.MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine · 2004Article
- Acting in defense of the medical literature.MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine · 2004Article
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Abstract
"Naturopathic medicine" is a recent manifestation of the field of naturopathy, a 19th-century health movement espousing "the healing power of nature." "Naturopathic physicians" now claim to be primary care physicians proficient in the practice of both "conventional" and "natural" medicine. Their training, however, amounts to a small fraction of that of medical doctors who practice primary care. An examination of their literature, moreover, reveals that it is replete with pseudoscientific, ineffective, unethical, and potentially dangerous practices. Despite this, naturopaths have achieved legal and political recognition, including licensure in 13 states and appointments to the US Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee. This dichotomy can be explained in part by erroneous representations of naturopathy offered by academic medical centers and popular medical Web sites.
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