Ethical Problems in Alternative Medicine

Ernst, Edzard

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12601-8_5

Edzard Ernst²

Abstract

Medical ethics are rules that inform us what actions in healthcare are morally right and which might be problematic. They apply to all areas of medicine, including of course alternative medicine. In this chapter, I will focus on those ethical issues which arguably are the most important ones in the context of this book; a full debate of medical ethics in alternative medicine can be found elsewhere [https://www.amazon.co.uk/More-Harm-than-Good-Complementary-ebook/dp/B078ZQXQNP/].

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Notes

1.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/More-Harm-than-Good-Complementary-ebook/dp/B078ZQXQNP/.
2.
Boucher and Robidoux (2014).
3.
Langworthy and le Fleming (2005).
4.
https://www.halternerzeitung.de/Nachrichten/Haltern/Web-Artikel-1289724.html.
5.
https://www.newsweek.com/herbalist-who-cured-cancer-herbs-charged-death-after-treating-boys-diabetes-836132.
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de Oliveira et al. (2017).
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Chan and Tsang (2017).
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Han et al. (2017).
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https://www.weleda.co.uk/homeopathy?utm_medium=email&utm_source=apsis-anp-3.
10.
Ernst and Pittler (1998).
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http://files.constantcontact.com/314302f3101/110c7f00-35bc-4fe3-b09b-884f466e0475.pdf.

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Ernst, E. (2019). Ethical Problems in Alternative Medicine. In: Alternative Medicine. Copernicus, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12601-8_5

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Published: 30 June 2019
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