Law's Dilemma : Validating Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Clash of Evidential Paradigms
Author
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-09-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This paper examines the (in)compatibility between the diagnostic and therapeutic theories of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and a science-based regulatory framework.
Specifically, the paper investigates the nexus between statutory legitimacy and scientific validation of health systems, with an examination of its impact on the development of complementary and alternative therapies.
The paper evaluates competing theories for validating CAM ranging from the RCT methodology to anthropological perspectives and contends that while the RCT method might be beneficial in the regulation of many CAM therapies, yet dogmatic adherence to this paradigm as the exclusive method for legitimizing CAM will be adverse to the independent development of many CAM therapies whose philosophies and mechanisms of action are not scientifically interpretable.
Drawing on history and research evidence to support this argument, the paper sues for a regulatory model that is accommodative of different evidential paradigms in support of a pluralistic healthcare system that balances the imperative of quality assurance with the need to ensure access.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Iyioha, Ireh. 2010. Law's Dilemma : Validating Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Clash of Evidential Paradigms. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-468244
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Iyioha, Ireh. Law's Dilemma : Validating Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Clash of Evidential Paradigms. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-468244
American Medical Association (AMA)
Iyioha, Ireh. Law's Dilemma : Validating Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Clash of Evidential Paradigms. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2010. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-468244
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-468244