Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Regulating Fringe Practitioners

Licencing health professionals is one of the major ways in which healthcare is regulated. The primary goal of such regulation is to protect the public from fraud and quackery and to maintain high standards of practice and professionalism. But what happens when fringe practitioners, such as chiropractors or naturopaths, gain licensure? Two recent incidents in Canada highlight the dilemma of regulating unscientific […]

from Science-Based Medicine http://bit.ly/2TnQ8jz

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