Difference between revisions of "Alternative medicine"
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!conventional medicine | !conventional medicine | ||
!alternative medicine | !alternative medicine | ||
| − | !respective term | + | ! colspan="2" |respective term |
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| − | |Science | + | |[[Wikipedia:Science|Science]] |
|scientific | |scientific | ||
| − | |not scientific, pseudoscientific | + | |unscientific, ific, not scientific, pseudoscientific |
| + | |scientific medicine | ||
|pseudoscientific medicine | |pseudoscientific medicine | ||
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|Distribution | |Distribution | ||
| − | | | + | |mainstream |
|practiced by minorities | |practiced by minorities | ||
| + | |mainstream medicine | ||
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| + | |Relation to common sense | ||
| + | |[[Wikipedia:Orthodox|orthodox]] | ||
| + | |unorthodox | ||
| + | |orthodox medicine | ||
|unorthodox medicine | |unorthodox medicine | ||
| + | |- | ||
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| + | |conventional | ||
| + | |unconventional | ||
| + | |conventional medicine | ||
| + | |unconventional medicine | ||
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|Where is it being tought? | |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 |
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|quackery | |quackery | ||
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| + | |quackery | ||
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|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 | ||
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| − | |Paradigmata | + | |[[Wikipedia:Paradigm|Paradigmata]] |
| − | |Reductionism, materialism | + | |[[Wikipedia:Reductionism|Reductionism]], [[Wikipedia:Materialism|materialism]] |
| − | |Acceptance of i.e. life forces, spirit or soul | + | |Acceptance of i.e. life forces, [[spirit]] or [[soul]] |
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Revision as of 22:36, 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.
| Aspect | conventional medicine | alternative medicine | respective term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science | scientific | unscientific, ific, 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 | ||