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Category Archives: Law, Regulation, and Politics
AVMA Solicits Comment on Model Veterinary Practice Act
The American Veterinary Medical Association maintains a model state veterinary medical practice act, which states often refer to when crafting their own practice acts for licensing and regulating veterinarians. Periodically, the AVMA solicits comments from its members and updates this … Continue reading
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Dr. Gloria Dodd-A Case Study in the Failure of Government Regulation of Veterinary Medicine
I have written at length about the relationship between unproven, unscientific, and pseudoscientific alternative medicine and the legal and regulatory systems intended to protect the public from quackery (including Medical Licensure, Malpractice Law, and Regulation of Drugs, Supplements, and Homeopathy). … Continue reading
Failue to Adequately Regulate CAM a Worldwide Problem
I recently saw an editorial in the online edition of the Australian newspaper The Brisbane Times which seemed to fit with the recent series of posts I did on the subject of regulation for complementary and alternative medicine, especially the … Continue reading
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CAM and the Law Part 4: Regulation of Supplements and Homeopathic Remedies
This is a cross-post from Science-Based Medicine- CAM and the Law Part 4: Regulation of Supplements and Homeopathic Remedies Another major set of legal standards that apply to alternative medicine are the laws and regulations that govern the manufacturing and availability … Continue reading
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CAM and the Law Part 3: Malpractice Law
This is a cross-post from Science-Based Medicine- CAM and the Law Part 3: Malpractice Law It is with some trepidation I venture into the next subject in this series — malpractice law. This is a touchy subject for healthcare providers, for … Continue reading
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Politics Trumps Science: Continuing Education Credit for Pseudoscience thanks to the AHVMA
I’ve written before about the ludicrous subjects the American Holistic Veterinary Medicine Association offers “continuing education” courses on, including “Earth Acupuncture” to heal the Earth by poking sticks in the ground and adoption into a fake Native American religion to … Continue reading
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Dr. Andrew Jones: Selling “Secrets” and Lies finally has a price
I once referred briefly to Dr. Andrew Jones in a previous post as an example of one of the warning signs of quackery, the claim of secret knowledge that mainstream science and medicine doesn’t want you to have. Of course, … Continue reading
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CAM and the Law Part 2: Licensure and Scope of Practice Law
This is a cross-post from Science-Based Medicine- CAM and the Law Part 2: Licensure and Scope of Practice Law This post is intended to illustrate a bit about how medicine, including alternative medicine, is defined and limited legally by state … Continue reading
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CAM and the Law Part 1: Introduction to the Issues
This is a cross-post for the first in a series from Science-Based Medicine: CAM and the Law Part 1 Inroduction to the Issues When I write or talk about the scientific evidence against particular alternative medical approaches, I am frequently … Continue reading
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The AHVMA: Bought and Paid for by Big Supplement?
A common complaint about conventional, science-based medicine is that it is unduly influenced by commercial interests and agendas, especially the pharmaceutical industry or “Big Pharma.” There is no question that corporations who manufacture medicines, pet foods, and other products used … Continue reading
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