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Have we come full circle in the evolution of medicine? The dictionary defines the term full circle as “back to one’s starting point,” so the answer is probably no. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is changing conventional medicine, and conventional medicine is changing CAM practices. Clearly, however, with the growing popularity of CAM today, patients and the public want something more or something different than conventional medicine can, in many circumstances, provide.
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Snyder, L. (2007). A Context for Thinking About Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Ethics. In: Snyder, L. (eds) Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Biomedical Ethics Reviews. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-381-3_1
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