The number of provinces with laws protecting physicians who practise alternative forms of
medicine is growing. Alberta, Ontario and, most recently, British Columbia have now passed …

Huge court fight may be in offing as Ontario college considers penalty for maverick MD Page 1
Features Chroniques In brief Physicians who practise alternative medicine are paying close …

The growing interest in alternative medicine has come to the attention of both Canadian
licensing bodies and the courts. Two recent cases, a disciplinary hearing and a medical …

News past who've tried contacting different associations for help, but without regulatory
powers from the province, there's nothing those groups can do. They're just volunteers.” …

Although use of alternative therapies in the United States is widespread and growing, little is
known about the malpractice experience of practitioners who deliver these therapies or …

Alternative medicine has been rapidly expanding as consumers drive the demand for more
cost-effective, accessible and individualized healthcare. A commonly cited survey in the …

Physicians have struggled to defeat alternative medicine, and to obtain a monopoly over the
health care of their patients, since physicians began systematically organizing in the United …

In 1993, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study reporting widespread
utilization of unconventional medical therapies by all major demographic groups in …

Medical practices are considered" alternative" when" they are based on untested,
untraditional or unscientific methods, principles, treatments or knowledge." 1 If an alternative …

In the United Kingdom and the United States, alternatives to western medicine have become
increasingly popular in recent years. Likewise, in Hong Kong,'alternative medicine'is gaining …