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Medical Forum / General / Alternative / July 2008Naturopaths support tougher regulation of complementary medicine
Naturopaths support tougher regulation of complementary medicine July 10, 2008 Naturopaths are strongly in favour of regulation of their industry, a University of Queensland researcher has found. Naturopaths believed that regulation would lift the quality of practitioners, improve patient safety, promote research and allow for greater collaboration between complementary and conventional medicine, researcher Jon Wardle, a PhD student with the School of Population Health, said. "Naturopaths represent the largest group of complementary medicine practitioners in Australia. Studies show that around half of all health consultations are with complementary medicine practitioners. By dragging their feet on this issue, governments may be putting patients at risk," Mr Wardle said. His study confirmed earlier findings that practitioners were not the barrier to regulation of complementary medicine in Australia. "In fact naturopaths want more regulation and more collaboration with conventional medicine, rather than less", he said. "A small, but vocal section of the complementary medicine industry disagrees with tighter regulation and this is portrayed as the industry view. However, this is not representative of grass-roots practitioners." A review of the regulation issue by Mr Wardle found that most professional natural therapist associations, the Australian Medical Association and government reports from the Therapeutic Goods Administration and the Victorian Department of Human Services have strongly advocated regulation. The review found that surveys conducted by professional associations showed patients were overwhelmingly in favour of ensuring minimum standards of practice and the Australian Medical Association, in addition to a raft of medical literature, specifically identified the lack of regulation as a major hurdle to the integration of complementary therapies. "Despite support of patients, the medical fraternity, government agencies and the practitioners themselves government in Australia has made no serious moves towards regulation," Mr Wardle said. Source: University of Queensland This news is brought to you by PhysOrg.com http://www.physorg.com/news134914668.html > Naturopaths support tougher regulation of complementary medicine > July 10, 2008 > > Naturopaths are strongly in favour of regulation of their industry, a > University of Queensland researcher has found. I would recommend extreme caution concerning regulation. The first thing that would happen is that half to 80% of the practitioners would be deemed unfit to practice, requiring up to 4 more years of medical training. All the better for the monopoly MDs profit picture. This same thing occurred in the US when the medical monopoly started in the early 1900s. Half the MDs, all the naturopaths, all the osteopaths, all the homeopaths, all the midwives, etc had their schools closed and the graduates unalble to practice. Next would be onerous education and operational requirements followed by the insurance industry not paying a resonable fee. This is a common tactic here in the US with chiropractors. A physical therapist may get $100 for a procedure while the Chiro may get only $30 for the same procedure, if the chiro is lucky. Even the visits to a chiro are limited while those to MDs are unlimited. If you allow the monopoly and the MDs to pass the rules and regulations, they will regulate naturopaths out of existance. DrCee You cannot secure nor restore health with pus or poisons. > Naturopaths support tougher regulation of complementary medicine > July 10, 2008 [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > This news is brought to you by PhysOrg.comhttp://www.physorg.com/news134914668.html It depends on who is doing the regulation. If it is the naturopaths themselves that do the regulation the maybe some benefit. But if the regulators are from the government and mainline Docs then it will simple amount to their banning. This is an instance in which more or less agree with Cee. |
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