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| − | '''Alternative medicine''' is medicine that stands in different kinds of polarities to conventional medicine. The following table contains aspects because of which medical systems may be called alternative. | + | '''Alternative medicine''' is [[medicine]] that stands in different kinds of [[Wikipedia:Polarity|polarities]] to [[conventional medicine]]. The following table contains aspects because of which medical systems may be called alternative. Such medicine might be used instead of conventional medicine. If it is thought of something that is not inside conventional medicine but has some right of existence and might form some sort of bigger whole it might be called [[complementary medicine]]. If the focus is on dialog between complementary and conventional medicine the term [[integrative medicine]] came into use. |
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+Possible reasons for being called alternative | |+Possible reasons for being called alternative | ||
| − | ! | + | !Aspect |
!conventional medicine | !conventional medicine | ||
!alternative medicine | !alternative medicine | ||
| − | !respective term | + | ! colspan="2" |respective term |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | |[[Science|Science]] |
| − | |scientific | + | |[[Wikipedia:scientific|scientific]] |
| − | |not scientific, pseudoscientific | + | |unscientific, not scientific, [[Wikipedia:Pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] |
| − | |pseudoscientific medicine | + | |[[Wikipedia:scientific medicine|scientific medicine]] |
| + | |[[pseudoscientific medicine]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Distribution | |Distribution | ||
| − | | | + | |mainstream |
|practiced by minorities | |practiced by minorities | ||
| + | |[[mainstream medicine]] | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Relation to common sense | ||
| + | |[[Wikipedia:Orthodox|orthodox]] | ||
| + | |unorthodox | ||
| + | |[[Wikipedia:orthodox medicine|orthodox medicine]] | ||
|unorthodox medicine | |unorthodox medicine | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | ||
| + | |conventional | ||
| + | |unconventional | ||
| + | |[[conventional medicine]] | ||
| + | |[[unconventional medicine]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Where is it being tought? | ||
|academic (tought on universities) | |academic (tought on universities) | ||
|known by common people or staff without academic education | |known by common people or staff without academic education | ||
| + | |academic medicine | ||
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|doctors | |doctors | ||
|Mostly non doctors: healers, common people, naturopaths | |Mostly non doctors: healers, common people, naturopaths | ||
| + | | | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| − | |Quality, safety | + | |Quality, safety, harmfulness |
| + | | | ||
| + | |[[Wikipedia:Quackery|quackery]] | ||
| | | | ||
|quackery | |quackery | ||
| − | |||
|- | |- | ||
|Cultural origin | |Cultural origin | ||
|based on western culture | |based on western culture | ||
|based on different cultures | |based on different cultures | ||
| + | |western medicine | ||
|traditional medicine | |traditional medicine | ||
|- | |- | ||
| + | |[[Wikipedia:Paradigm|Paradigmata]] | ||
| + | |[[Reductionism]], [[Wikipedia:Materialism|materialism]] | ||
| + | |Acceptance of i.e. life forces, [[Wikipedia:spirit|spirit]] or [[Wikipedia:soul|soul]] | ||
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| − | |||
| − | |||
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[[Category:Alternative medicine]] | [[Category:Alternative medicine]] | ||
[[Category:Stub]] | [[Category:Stub]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Medical system]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:33, 4 January 2022
Alternative medicine is medicine that stands in different kinds of polarities to conventional medicine. The following table contains aspects because of which medical systems may be called alternative. Such medicine might be used instead of conventional medicine. If it is thought of something that is not inside conventional medicine but has some right of existence and might form some sort of bigger whole it might be called complementary medicine. If the focus is on dialog between complementary and conventional medicine the term integrative medicine came into use.
| Aspect | conventional medicine | alternative medicine | respective term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science | scientific | unscientific, not scientific, pseudoscientific | scientific medicine | pseudoscientific medicine |
| Distribution | mainstream | practiced by minorities | mainstream medicine | |
| Relation to common sense | orthodox | unorthodox | orthodox medicine | unorthodox medicine |
| conventional | unconventional | conventional medicine | unconventional medicine | |
| Where is it being tought? | academic (tought on universities) | known by common people or staff without academic education | academic medicine | |
| Practiced by | doctors | Mostly non doctors: healers, common people, naturopaths | ||
| Quality, safety, harmfulness | quackery | quackery | ||
| Cultural origin | based on western culture | based on different cultures | western medicine | traditional medicine |
| Paradigmata | Reductionism, materialism | Acceptance of i.e. life forces, spirit or soul | ||