INFORMED CONSENT IN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE: ethical imperative + practical impossibility

Before starting to treat a patient, all health care professionals – including of course alternative practitioners – have to obtain informed consent. This is not optional but an ethical and legal imperative. Informed consent must usually include full information on: 

• the diagnosis 
• its natural history 
• the most effective treatment options available 
• the proposed therapy 
• its effectiveness […]

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