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. In one recent year, it
was
estimated that 42% of Americans spent $27 billion out of pocket on
CAM
therapies; in particular, CAM therapies are becoming more popular
with
baby boomers, who are taking an increasingly active interest in
their
health and health care as they age. Most people do not tell
their
physicians about their CAM use - what implications does this have
for
traditional patient-physician relationships? This volume examines
what
should be the center of the dialogue between conventional medicine
and
CAM. With big issues and big money at stake, how are patients,
physicians, the health care system and policymakers handling
the
explosion in CAM interest and use? What are the physicians'
ethical
obligations in this area? These topics and more are examined in
this
timely book.
Chapters 1 and 2 of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Ethics,
the
Patient, and the Physician provide a context for thinking about CAM
and
introduce its history and definitions. Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6
examine
the ethical responsibilities of physicians, as well as
communications
issues, patient education, legal concerns, and risk
management.
Chapter 7 presents a framework for examining CAM using the
scientific
method. As we enter the 21st century, and CAMuse becomes more
frequent, often as a companion to conventional medicine, this
volume is
timely, thought-provoking and practical reading.
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