Staying on the Ethical High Ground with Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Nurse Practitioner
- Vol. 27 (7) , 38-42
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006205-200207000-00008
Abstract
The lack of substantive research regarding complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and its rising use stimulate interest in the ethical obligations that primary care providers face when advising patients about these therapies. Here, we explore how ethical principles relate to decision-making regarding CAM. We also provide a framework for making decisions that involve CAM interventions.Keywords
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