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Evidence-based medicine and naturopathy
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-18, 23:44 authored by Jagtenberg, T, Susannah EvansSusannah Evans, Grant, A, Howden, I, Lewis, MEvidence-based medicine (EBM) has been advocated as a new paradigm in orthodox medicine and as a methodology for natural medicines, which are often accused of lacking an adequate scientific basis. This paper presents the voices of tradition-sensitive naturopathic practitioners in response to what they perceive as an ideologic assault by EBM advocates on the validity and integrity of natural medicine practice. Those natural medicine practices, which have tradition-based paradigms articulating vitalistic and holistic principles, may have significant problems in relating to the idea of EBM as developed in biomedical contexts. The paper questions the appropriateness of imposing a methodology that appears to minimize or bypass the philosophic and methodological foundations of natural medicine, and that itself seems primarily driven by political considerations.
History
Publication title
Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineVolume
12Pagination
323-328ISSN
1075-5535Department/School
School of Pharmacy and PharmacologyPublisher
Mary Ann Liebert Inc PublPlace of publication
United StatesRights statement
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