TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stone,Julie
AU  - Matthews,Joan
TI  - Complementary medicine and the law
SN  - 0198259700
AV  - KD3395 .S76 1996
U1  - 344.41041 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Alternative medicine
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Medical ethics
KW  - Medical policy
KW  - Complementary Therapies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 --; 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 --; Conclusion --; Index
N2  - "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
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