Yes folks our Alberta’s provincial government has moved beyond being simply inept and arrogant into the world of the bizzare.
Heathcare consistently ranks as a prime issue with Albertans. With waiting lists hitting critical levels despite massive annual increases in government spending, our brilliant Health Minister Fred Horne has taken it upon himself to give naturopaths full status as “medical professionals”.
For those wisely not familiar with naturopaths, these cranks tend to practice such brilliant therapies as homeopathy and touch therapy among other forms of quackery. They tend towards conspiracy theories and generally are against medical advancements such as, drugs, vaccines and effective treatment of ailments.
I won’t go into too much detail as to why naturopathy is quackery as it has been so thoroughly covered by many others. I will put a couple links below to save some googling.
A Close Look at Naturopathy Stephen Barrett, M.D.
More naturopathic nonsense in Ontario
Below I will add a link to a bit by my my favorite libertarians (Penn and Teller).
Their shows are laden with expletives but they do such an excellent job of debunking the “alternative” medicine movement that they are well worth watching.
People can go waste whatever money, time and health they like with whatever crackpot treatment they like. It is their money and their bodies.
When we are talking about the sanctioning of practices by our government though, we must stick to EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE.
Yes, there has been a process set about to determine what falls under evidence based medicine. Double blind studies, peer review and proven results are the sort of hurdles that treatments are expected to pass before being considered evidence based.
Naturopaths of course reject the concept of evidence based medicine. That is not surprising considering pretty much no naturopathic treatments can withstand proper medical scrutiny.
Don’t listen to crap people spit out about how the treatments have been around for hundreds of years. People used to drill holes in the skulls of patients to let the demons out hundreds of years ago, that does not make it a valid treatment. The average life expectancy a couple hundred years ago was 36 years. Is that something to aspire to?
There are claims that now that naturopathy has a college, they will be able to self-govern. Oh good, quacks governing quacks. That should ensure effective treatment.
Don’t let them snow you pointing out how long naturopathic quacks have gone to school. A person could spend decades in school studying astrology, that person still will not be able to predict the future and will be as well trained to treat ailments as your typical naturopath.
Government sanction of naturopathy adds to the facade of legitimacy for these quacks. You can rest assured that naturopaths will soon be demanding public funding for their pap and considering government is sanctioning them, it very well could happen.
Our healthcare system is under pressure and is crit
Corey, the point missed by all seems to be that this change involves only self-regulation, which means that the Alberta government has given over recourse for complaints to the ‘new College’ or the courts. That is the crux of the matter. Don’t expect any funding from government, nor any help if you have problems.
One of the common philosophies in alternative medicine is to use treatments that aid, facilitate and strengthen the body’s innate healing processes in their efforts to restore health and balance. To work with, rather than against, the self-evident innate healing process, whenever possible, makes sense and has demonstrated countless successes…
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