Complementary therapies in medicine: the patient'sperspective

Abstract: Complementary therapies should be a supplement to, not a substitute for, orthodox medical care. When a GP's patient makes use of a complementary therapist under the NHS, a 'treatment triangle' is created between GP, patient and therapist - together with a number of problems of competence and liability. This paper takes five principles of consumer rights - rights to access, information, choice, safety and redress - and uses them to examine the responsibilities of all three parties within the treatment triangle.

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