2008 Woodie Awards
Alternative medicine comes to med school, hospital
Issue date: 10/2/08
According to Thomas, the Medical School's pain care, chronic and end-of-life care curriculum will also incorporate the use of CAM treatments in ensuring patient comfort.
Katherine Su, senior and vice president of the undergraduate pre-medical honor society Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED), said she felt that integrative medicine has a valuable role in the treatment of disease, despite common skepticism in the Western world.
"The Chinese people have been using herbal medicine and acupuncture for thousands of years," Su said. "And for them, it's been working."
Su said the hospital's decision to incorporate integrative medicine was an important step in advancing medical knowledge.
"If we just confine ourselves to Western medicine and we are really skeptical about alternative ways of curing disease, we don't really progress," she said. "I think it's an important thing."
Senior and AED President Stephanie Huang said that the holism of integrative medicine could have a positive effect on patients.
"You have to remember that medicine is not just treating a disease. You have to treat the body and the mind. Alternative medicine addresses that," she said.
Huang felt that Hopkins's worldwide medical reputation could help legitimize alternative medicine in the eyes of skeptics.
"I think if you tag the Johns Hopkins name to anything it gives it more credibility, just because Hopkins has such a world-renowned reputation for being the lead institution in medicine," she said. "I think it could potentially start a trend across the nation."
Freshman Akshay Krishnaswamy felt that integrative medicine could be beneficial when used alongside traditional treatments.
"I don't think it can replace actual medicines and scientifically proven therapies like antibiotics or treatments that involve scientific and peer-reviewed methods," Krishnaswamy said. "I think if it's just going to be alongside other methods, then it's a really good idea."
Katherine Su, senior and vice president of the undergraduate pre-medical honor society Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED), said she felt that integrative medicine has a valuable role in the treatment of disease, despite common skepticism in the Western world.
"The Chinese people have been using herbal medicine and acupuncture for thousands of years," Su said. "And for them, it's been working."
Su said the hospital's decision to incorporate integrative medicine was an important step in advancing medical knowledge.
"If we just confine ourselves to Western medicine and we are really skeptical about alternative ways of curing disease, we don't really progress," she said. "I think it's an important thing."
Senior and AED President Stephanie Huang said that the holism of integrative medicine could have a positive effect on patients.
"You have to remember that medicine is not just treating a disease. You have to treat the body and the mind. Alternative medicine addresses that," she said.
Huang felt that Hopkins's worldwide medical reputation could help legitimize alternative medicine in the eyes of skeptics.
"I think if you tag the Johns Hopkins name to anything it gives it more credibility, just because Hopkins has such a world-renowned reputation for being the lead institution in medicine," she said. "I think it could potentially start a trend across the nation."
Freshman Akshay Krishnaswamy felt that integrative medicine could be beneficial when used alongside traditional treatments.
"I don't think it can replace actual medicines and scientifically proven therapies like antibiotics or treatments that involve scientific and peer-reviewed methods," Krishnaswamy said. "I think if it's just going to be alongside other methods, then it's a really good idea."
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Dr. George R. Moon
posted 12/28/08 @ 10:09 PM EST
Re: Clinic services provided.
I see no Chiropractic services available???
Chiropractic was an original CAM profession
beginning late in the 1800's here in the USA. (Continued…)
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