Stone, Julie,  LL. B., <br/><br/>
Complementary medicine and the law / 
Julie Stone and Joan Matthews. 
 - xxii, 306 pages ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Ch. 1. Why History is Important -- Ch. 2. Regulation of Health Care -- Ch. 3. Regulating Complementary Medicine - Why Now? -- Ch. 4. Criteria Which May Shape Regulation -- Ch. 5. Political Factors Impacting on Regulation -- Ch. 6. The Regulation Debate - The Parties -- Ch. 7. An Overview of Existing Controls -- Ch. 8. Regulation: Aims and Sources -- Ch. 9. Legal Controls -- Ch. 10. Voluntary Self-Regulation -- Ch. 11. Redefining the Role of Ethics -- Ch. 12. Ethical Practice -- Ch. 13. Ethical Practice and the Individual Practitioner -- Ch. 14. Collective Ethical Practice -- Ch. 15. Holistic Regulation -- --  Acknowledgements --  Foreword --  Table of Cases --  Table of Legislation --  Introduction --  Why History is Important --  Regulation of Health Care --  Regulating Complementary Medicine - Why Now? --  Criteria Which May Shape Regulation --  Political Factors Impacting on Regulation --  The Regulation Debate - The Parties --  An Overview of Existing Controls --  Regulation: Aims and Sources --  Legal Controls --  Voluntary Self-Regulation --  Redefining the Role of Ethics --  Ethical Practice --  Ethical Practice and the Individual Practitioner --  Collective Ethical Practice --  Holistic Regulation --  Conclusion --  Index.  Ch. 1.  Ch. 2.  Ch. 3.  Ch. 4.  Ch. 5.  Ch. 6.  Ch. 7.  Ch. 8.  Ch. 9.  Ch. 10.  Ch. 11.  Ch. 12.  Ch. 13.  Ch. 14.  Ch. 15. 
<br/><br/> "The growth of complementary medicine over the past decade has been accompanied by calls for greater regulation and for the most part it has been assumed that the regulation of orthodox medicine offers a suitable model for complementary medicine. The result has been confusion over the purpose and effects of regulation and the obscuring of critical issues which deserve far greater public exposure. This book unravels the debates and analyses the benefits and drawbacks of regulation in this area.; The book has two aims. First of all it examines in some detail the way in which the law presently affects the practice of complementary medicine. The second aim is to examine all the arguments for and against greater regulation of complementary medicine. In fulfilling the second aim it challenges the notion that the legal and regulatory mechanisms which govern orthodox medicine constitute an appropriate model for the regulation of most complementary therapies. The patient-centred, holistic approach central to the theory and practice of many complementary therapies presents a unique problem for the law: the highly individualized intuitive, whole person approach of complementary medicine is not amenable to the quantification, measurability and certainty required by the law. The authors argue that only by implementing a more dynamic form of ethics-directed regulation can patients be protected and the unique contribution that complementary medicine has to make properly realized."--Publisher description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0198259700 9780198259701 0198259719 9780198259718 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96000259 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Alternative medicine--Law and legislation--Great Britain<br/>Medical care<br/>Medical ethics.<br/>Medical policy<br/>Complementary Therapies
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KD3395  / .S76 1996 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>344.41041