Diversity, the Individual, and Proof of Efficacy
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Medical Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11028523 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Constance M Park (The author is with the Department of Medicine and the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1568-1572 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.92.10.1568 |
| PMID | 12356593 |
| OpenAlex | W2151387510 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 43 |
Patients will always have access to a variety of possibly effective, but unproved, therapies directed at maintaining health or treating illness. And there will always be complex, potentially therapeutic regimens that cannot be adequately tested for financial, ethical, or methodological reasons. Furthermore, even after adequate study of a given regimen, there will always be the fundamental uncertainty of medical practice: the fact that epidemiological research produces probabilistic results that cannot predict with certainty the best treatment for the single unique patient before us. The exploration of complementary and alternative medicine topics in the medical school curriculum helps to elucidate the complex and uncertain nature of medical practice, sharpens skills for clinical decisionmaking, increases cultural sensitivity, and provides ideas for future research
Alternative medicine · Certainty · Curriculum · Diversity (politics) · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Family medicine · Medical education · Medical research · MEDLINE · Pathology · Political science · Probabilistic logic · Regimen · Variety (cybernetics) · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · Computer Science · Empathy and Medical Education · Law · Medicine · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Psychology
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Why Patients Use Alternative Medicine
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Protective and Damaging Effects of Stress Mediators
Evidence based medicine
The Need for a New Medical Model
Culture, Health and Illness
Disease and illness Distinctions between professional and popular ideas of sickness
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |