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[Bridge between scientific medicine and complementary medicine--utopia?]

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  • 1Medizinische Klinik, Kantonsspitals Luzern.

Praxis
|December 20, 1994
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Scientific medicine provides the essential foundation for evaluating and integrating complementary medicine. While alternative therapies offer gentle, cost-effective options for functional disorders, their use requires critical assessment by healthcare professionals.

Area of Science:

  • Integrative medicine
  • Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
  • Evidence-based practice

Context:

  • Growing patient interest in CAM therapies.
  • Skepticism and opposition from some scientific physicians.
  • Debate on the compatibility of scientific and alternative medicine.

Purpose:

  • To define scientific and alternative medicine.
  • To explore reasons for the rise in CAM use.
  • To address physician skepticism towards CAM.
  • To determine the reconcilability of different medical paradigms.

Summary:

  • Complementary medicine is deemed beneficial for psychosomatic, functional, and mood disorders where severe organic disease is absent.
  • Alternative methods are often gentler and more cost-effective for these patient groups.

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  • Physician's empathy and communication skills significantly influence CAM effectiveness.
  • Critical assessment and local integration of CAM into hospitals are recommended.

    • Impact:

    • Suggests a path for integrating complementary medicine within scientific healthcare frameworks.
    • Highlights the importance of physician-patient relationship in therapeutic outcomes.
    • Advocates for a balanced approach, utilizing scientific medicine as the primary foundation.