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Should we refuse requests for complementary therapies?

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  • 1Division of Health Care Ethics, Office of the Coordinator of Health Sciences, #400-2194 Health Sciences Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada BC V6T 1Z3. abrowne@unixg.ubc.ca

Patient Education and Counseling
|October 8, 2003
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Healthcare providers face patient requests for complementary therapies. This guidance helps determine when to accept or decline these, and conventional therapy requests, based on professional judgment.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Ethics
  • Patient Care

Background:

  • Patients and families frequently request complementary therapies from healthcare providers.
  • Requests for therapies, both conventional and complementary, can pose ethical dilemmas for clinicians.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide rationalized recommendations for healthcare professionals.
  • To guide decisions on honoring or refusing patient/family requests for therapies.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of decision-making processes for therapy requests.
  • Development of a framework for evaluating conventional and complementary therapy requests.

Main Results:

  • The challenge of honoring therapy requests is not unique to complementary medicine.

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  • A structured approach can be applied to both conventional and complementary therapy requests.

    • Conclusions:

    • Healthcare professionals should use rationalized recommendations to decide on therapy requests.
    • The framework applies to all therapies, ensuring consistent and ethical patient care decisions.