No Understanding, No Consent: The Case Against Alternative Medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26806449?dopt=Abstract … If patients understood it they wouldn't consent?
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Replying to @Neuro_Skeptic
@Neuro_Skeptic This would make a fair few traditional medicines unethical. Not sure that logic is very sound1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
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@HannaIsotalus
@Neuro_Skeptic You make a good point. If pts don't understand, they *can't* consent. That'd be the case against ALL medicine.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @C7RKY
@C7RKY@Neuro_Skeptic Not just participants. Sometimes no one really knows what the mechanism by which something works or might work is1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
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@HannaIsotalus
@Neuro_Skeptic Suggesting the intervention isn't fully understood? Which implies risk, from my perspective. Disclosable risk.4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @C7RKY
@C7RKY@Neuro_Skeptic we might not fully understand what the mechanism is doesn't mean we can't know the drug to be (relatively) safe 2/21 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HannaIsotalus
@Neuro_Skeptic I'm afraid I've a real problem with the so-called 'scientific' underpinnings of our safety/efficacy evidence >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @C7RKY
@C7RKY @HannaIsotalus@Neuro_Skeptic I'm a fan of science but from what I've learned, I see v little scientific about the process at all tbh2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@C7RKY@Neuro_Skeptic (side note: I'm genuinely curious)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@HannaIsotalus @Neuro_Skeptic :)
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