Like the idea of "natural" with which it often appears, CAM is a single term that stands in for distinct goals & beliefs: 1. Patient empowerment 2. Attention to lifestyle 3. The idea we are "inherently" healthy 4. Respect for indigenous cultures 5. Belief in an Edenic past 2/
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"Allopathic".
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In fairness, most people who use the word don't know its origin. The false dichotomies behind the word remain, however.
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Very lawyerly. Pick the better term if you don’t like allopathic. Educate me. It is common to discredit the individual based on some detail and then disregard anything of value. People are misusing CAM or being sloppy in definitions. Be consistent in what the rules are.
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This is Twitter. I have an extensive body of writings going back to 2004 explaining, sometimes in excruciating detail, why I consider CAM to be a bogus term. They can't be encompassed in even a Tweetstorm. I'd start posting representative links, but I doubt you'd be interested.
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