Traditional and Complementary Medicines: Are they Ethical for Humans, Animals and the Environment?

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Ethical issues in traditional and complementary medicines - The need for a calm assessment

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Chapter 1. Defining traditional and complementary medicine

Abstract

1.1 What's in a name?

1.2 The differences between T&CMs and conventional medicine

1.3 A pragmatic approach

1.4 The T&CM family

1.5 A global perspective

1.6 T&CM usage

1.7 T&CM benefits

1.8 T&CM controversy

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Chapter 2: Defining health

Abstract

2.1 Setting aims and objectives in health care

2.2 The World Health Organization's definition of health

2.3 What does health look like?

2.5 The implications of the new, Huber et al. definition of health

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Chapter 3: An ethical matrix for traditional and complementary medicine

Abstract

3.1 The ethical matrix

3.2 The conceptual basis of the ethical matrix

3.3 The ethical matrix in this analysis

3.4 The next steps

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Chapter 4: Ethical challenges for humans using traditional and complementary medicines

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4.1 Adverse effects in medicine

4.2 Safety in the conventional healthcare system

4.3 Safety in T&CM

4.4 Adverse drug reactions and herbal medicine

4.5 Addressing the ethical challenges

4.6 Adverse events and homeopathy

4.7 Addressing the challenges

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Chapter 5: Ethical challenges for animals from traditional and complementary medicine

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5.1 Animals in the ethical matrix

5.2 The use of animals in conventional medicine

5.3 Animals, T&CM and wellbeing

5.4 Animal ethics

5.5 Ethical analysis: The use of animals in T&CM products

5.6 Recommendations for the use of animals in T&CM products

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Chapter 6: Ethical challenges for the environment from traditional and complementary medicine

6.1 Humans and the environment

6.2 Analysing the environmental impacts of Western herbal medicine

6.4 Future-proofing T&CM

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Ethical challenges for humans

Ethical challenges for the environment

Conclusion

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