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Alternative Medicine or Alternatives to Medicine? A Physician's Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2000

LAWRENCE J. SCHNEIDERMAN
LAWRENCE J. SCHNEIDERMAN
Affiliation:
Lawrence J. Schneiderman, M.D., is a Professor in the Departments of Family and Preventive Medicine and Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego.
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Abstract

Regina R. is a 12-year-old girl with recently diagnosed insulin-dependent diabetes. Before discharging her from the hospital, her family physician and consulting diabetes specialist try to instruct the girl and her parents in the appropriate program of treatment, including diet, insulin, and regular self-monitoring. However, the parents become upset when they learn what is involved in insulin treatment and inform the family physician they plan to employ the services of an alternative healing clinic that promises to cure their daughter with a combination of herbal potions, macrobiotics, aroma therapy, therapeutic touch, Ayurveda, homeopathy, and guided imagery.

Type
Research Article
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 83 - 97
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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