‘Integrated medicine’ is quackery hitting the mainstream

[HuckleB]

http://health.spectator.co.uk/integrated-medicine-is-quackery-hitting-the-mainstream/

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On the basis of these considerations, integrated medicine cannot be much more than a superfluous, misleading and counterproductive distraction. But the most powerful argument against integrated medicine originates from the bogus and often dangerous things that are happening every day in its name.

If we look around us, go on the internet, read the relevant literature, or walk into an integrated medicine clinic, we are sure to find that behind all these politically correct slogans of holism and ‘best of all worlds’ there lurks the face of pure quackery.

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The message here seems all too obvious: integrated medicine clinics offer a bizarre array of therapies, most of which are not based on anything that might remotely resemble sound evidence.

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Integrated medicine is little more than a front designed to appear attractive and convincing to consumers, healthcare professionals and policy makers. Anyone looking behind the façade will find boundless amounts of quackery being promoted by a spectrum of people ranging from naïve charlatans, unable to think critically, to irresponsible entrepreneurs, out to make a fast buck."

[skepticscott]

1. "Integrated" medicine

or "integrative" medicine is meant to seem so reasonable, but it makes about as much sense as throwing some of every spice in the rack into every dish you cook.