Why is this any more a luxury than other treatments? Homeopathy
and acpuncture are quite cheap to provide. If they work, they're
probably more economical than allopathic Western medicine, and if they
don't we shouldn't use them anyway.
On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Dr Jon Wilcox wrote:
> The point is .........
> Who is going to poay for this luxury treatment?
> Surely not the taxpayer??
>
> Jon Wilcox
>
> > Becky Sarah wrote:
> > I would suggest that what are called complementary
> > therapies--acupuncture, homeopathy, and midwifery practices that
> > differ from obstetrical practices--are proper subjects for EBM and
> > should be studied and investigated in the same way as conventional
> > allopathic drugs and surgeries. These therapies may or may not be
> > effective for a specfic problem, but they do not operate in different
> > realm. Many people feel they've been helped by them.
> > I do agree that physicians should not prescribe or do therapies
> > in which they are not trained. Becky Sarah.
>
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