(July 8, 2014 at 3:36 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:(July 8, 2014 at 3:33 pm)Confused Ape Wrote: I had acupuncture in the physiotherapy department of a National Health hospital some years ago. I found this on the website for NHS careers - Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
That's pretty surprising. And forgive my ignorance of the healthcare system in the UK, but if it's offered by the NHS, does that mean that your tax money is being used to promote/administer these kinds of 'treatments'?
In addition to this a number of charities offer similar complimentary therapies at no cost to the client, principally for the purpose of helping them to relax. The main opponents of this are the fundies who want to have everyone signed up for 'xtian counselling'...
The main danger is when people start proclaiming this as the only treatment rather than an addition to conventional treatment.
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