Response to Dr. Kottow: Alternative Medicine: Methinks the Doctor Protests Too Much and Incidentally Befuddles the Debate

Response to Dr. Kottow: Alternative Medicine: Methinks the Doctor Protests Too Much and Incidentally Befuddles the Debate

Dr Kottow in his paper "Classical medicine v alternative medical practices" (1) places the alternative/orthodox medicine debate within an historical context of antiquackery literature. My paper explores the nature of science as it is applied to clinical practice and challenges the narrow v...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of medical ethics 1992-03, Vol.18 (1), p.23-25
1. Verfasser: Pietroni, Patrick C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aristotelean ethics
Causality
Complementary therapies
Humanism
Medical practice
Medical schools
Morality
Religious ethics
Research ethics
Research methods
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Zusammenfassung:Dr Kottow in his paper "Classical medicine v alternative medical practices" (1) places the alternative/orthodox medicine debate within an historical context of antiquackery literature. My paper explores the nature of science as it is applied to clinical practice and challenges the narrow view of the diagnostic process as outlined by Dr Kottow. Research methodologies more appropriate to 'whole person' medicine are suggested as having more ethical value than those based on the clinical trial.
ISSN:0306-6800
1473-4257