Ethics of Homeopathy
by Serge Artois Data AnalystHealth
treatments are treated with extreme caution while taking note of all the
warnings and avoiding all the dangers. However, there are more than isolated
cases where treatments are being abused and neglected. Because of this, certain
standards are being set and regulated.
While
conventional medicine has health ministries and private organizations to
control their by-laws which the public are mostly familiar with, another system
of health treatment is struggling to make their own known.
Different
entities have accused homeopathy as unethical and is a disgrace as no
scientific evidence is yet to exist to prove its efficacy. Moreover, more and
more people are seeking this kind of treatment, deterring others to seek
evidence-based treatments and receive the “proper” diagnosis and prescription
they need. Conventional medicine believes that failure to comply set rules and
procedures in determining the real problem can potentially harm people’s lives.
Homeopaths,
however, assured the Peterson Group that
they still stand firm on their own discipline and has introduced their own code
of ethics which has been a cause of conflict and numerous complaints from
practitioners of conventional
medicine.
Homeopathy’s
Code of Ethics has been drawn by the Council of the Homeopathic Medical
Association in accordance with Objects of the Association. The main purpose of
this code is to provide a high ethical and professional standard of conduct
among its members to “….follow in order to preserve and enhance the practice of
homeopathy as a healing art, and to protect the general public”. The full
responsibility of ensuring the welfare of the public falls entirely to the
homeopathic practitioner. Penalties and punishments are also conducted.
According to
the review, general guideline
includes, “Failure by a Member to adhere to the Code will result in
disciplinary action. If the unsatisfactory conduct is continued, or if there is
gross negligence or misconduct, the name of the practitioner will be removed
from the register and the appropriate authorities will be informed of such
action. All privileges of membership will be withdrawn”.
Despite
this, there is no stopping the criticisms.
Skeptics
argue that it is ethically dubious to spend funds on something which has been
proven fraud time and again. The government of Jakarta, for instance has let
homeopathic clinics around the city with the same tax deductions with
semi-public conventional hospitals. Studies for the efficacy of homeopathic remedies are being
conducted in Indonesia. The results have been null and are obviously waste of
the citizens’ money.
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