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{| class="wikitable"
|+Possible reasons for being called alternative
|+Possible reasons for being called alternative
!
!conventional medicine
!conventional medicine
!alternative medicine
!alternative medicine
!respective term
!respective term
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|-
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|scientific
|scientific
|not scientific, pseudoscientific
|not scientific, pseudoscientific
|pseudoscientific medicine
|pseudoscientific medicine
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|-
|Distribution
|orthodox, mainstream
|orthodox, mainstream
|practiced by relatively small groups
|practiced by minorities
|unorthodox medicine
|unorthodox medicine
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|-
|
|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
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|-
|Practiced by
|doctors
|Mostly non doctors: healers, common people, naturopaths
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|-
|Quality, safety
|
|
|quackery
|quackery
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|
|-
|-
|Cultural origin
|based on western culture
|based on western culture
|based on different cultures
|based on different cultures
|traditional medicine
|traditional medicine
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|-
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|Reductionism, materialism
|Reductionism, materialism
|Acceptance of i.e. life forces, spirit or soul
|Acceptance of i.e. life forces, spirit or soul