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|+Possible reasons for being called alternative | |+Possible reasons for being called alternative | ||
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!conventional medicine | !conventional medicine | ||
!alternative medicine | !alternative medicine | ||
!respective term | !respective term | ||
|- | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
|scientific | |scientific | ||
|not scientific, pseudoscientific | |not scientific, pseudoscientific | ||
|pseudoscientific medicine | |pseudoscientific medicine | ||
|- | |- | ||
+ | |Distribution | ||
|orthodox, mainstream | |orthodox, mainstream | ||
− | |practiced by | + | |practiced by minorities |
|unorthodox medicine | |unorthodox medicine | ||
|- | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
|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 | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
+ | |Practiced by | ||
+ | |doctors | ||
+ | |Mostly non doctors: healers, common people, naturopaths | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Quality, safety | ||
| | | | ||
|quackery | |quackery | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
+ | |Cultural origin | ||
|based on western culture | |based on western culture | ||
|based on different cultures | |based on different cultures | ||
|traditional medicine | |traditional medicine | ||
|- | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
|Reductionism, materialism | |Reductionism, materialism | ||
|Acceptance of i.e. life forces, spirit or soul | |Acceptance of i.e. life forces, spirit or soul |
Revision as of 22:26, 1 October 2021
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.
conventional medicine | alternative medicine | respective term | |
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scientific | not scientific, pseudoscientific | pseudoscientific medicine | |
Distribution | orthodox, mainstream | practiced by minorities | unorthodox medicine |
academic (tought on universities) | known by common people or staff without academic education | ||
Practiced by | doctors | Mostly non doctors: healers, common people, naturopaths | |
Quality, safety | quackery | ||
Cultural origin | based on western culture | based on different cultures | traditional medicine |
Reductionism, materialism | Acceptance of i.e. life forces, spirit or soul |