Abstract
Holistic ideas about health and disease fundamentally challenge those of orthodox medicine. Because state scope of practice and disciplinary rules reflect the norms of medical orthodoxy, holistic providers, and physicians offering holistic treatments, face considerable legal risks. This article argues that existing legal rules unduly inhibit alternative and complementary medicine as an integrated component of mainstream health care, and unfairly discriminate against physicians who utilize holistic therapies. The article further argues that heightened standards of care, the duty to refer, and access-to-treatment laws can more meaningfully regulate these therapies. Finally, the article proposes ways in which third-party reimbursement schemes can incorporate alternative and complementary medicine.
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38 Ariz. L. Rev. 83 (1996)
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