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SANDHYAV
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Making Sense of Alternative Medicine | Psychology Today
Doctors are commonly viewed by patients and by the public in general as experts in health, and CAM is no exception. But the truth is that doctors receive very little formal training in CAM. And this lack of training is exacerbated by the fact that CAM is often treated as distinct from mainstream medicine and is viewed skeptically, if not disparagingly, by many physicians. The difficulty many doctors and patients have with CAM is that they do not know how to separate the good from the the bad. But, in reality, allopathic medicine and CAM are really not that different. The major distinguishing characteristic is that the FDA has the authority to regulate allopathic medicines but not herbal ones.
Doctors are commonly viewed by patients and by the public in general as experts in health, and CAM is no exception. But the truth is that doctors receive very little formal training in CAM. And this lack of training is exacerbated by the fact that CAM is often treated as distinct from mainstream medicine and is viewed skeptically, if not disparagingly, by many physicians. The difficulty many doctors and patients have with CAM is that they do not know how to separate the good from the the bad. But, in reality, allopathic medicine and CAM are really not that different. The major distinguishing characteristic is that the FDA has the authority to regulate allopathic medicines but not herbal ones.
