Ugh: "Hospital, @UofT examine possible uses of alternative medicines" https://www.toronto.com/news-story/5345024-hospital-u-of-t-examine-possible-uses-of-alternative-medicines/ … @SRHHospital @carlyweeks @sharon_kirkey @CBCHealth @DrPChouinard @gorskon via @ryarmst
Nothing irritates me more than academic centres legitimizing questionable alternative practices!
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An issue I haven't seen studied: "alternative" therapies can be so burdensome to follow (I am thinking of an extremely restrictive diet and complicated herbal regimen recommended to a friend terminally ill with cancer)they can be a great source of guilt, stress, self-shaming.
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What worries me further is the burden from unscientific thinking. When people are convinced that implausible and unproven therapies work, how does that impact their relationship with reality and shape their critical thinking? 1/
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So long as the consent form includes the words "This is actually nonsense"......
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Is it possible to have informed consent with placebo medicine? I mean, maybe, but not when the placebo provider claims their treatments are backed by science and evidence. Even if the provider believes this (wrongly), they are still misleading the patient.
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There are studies that show placebo effects even when patients know it is a placebo. It’s wild.
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All-inclusive tropical vacations probably improve quality of life.
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I don’t know what the answer is. The traditional biomedical approach to medicine fails to address the complex biopsychosocial nature of health, and sufferers who seek alternative therapies are preyed upon because only “quacks” actually even let them explore alternative options.
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To your second point, that is why we need strong regulatory mechanisms to protect consumers from misinformation and predatory quackery. This is the main focus of my activism and there is good momentum in this area (in Canada, at least).
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