Introduction In Complementary Medicine Consciousness, Ethics, Morals, and the Law are all aspects of Duty of Care and Professionalism in both unregulated and regulated Disciplines. For this discussion I will be exploring these terms in relation to Individual Support Work, Naturopathy, and living in Society in the 21st Century....

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Weekly Question: Do you think CM is at any higher risk of producing negligent practitioners because it asks too much of them?  It demands they be holistic and therefore treat all aspects of their clients, for example, but they may neglect the psychological, or spiritual or even the biological....

Activity 1 Read the article and reflect on whether the provided strategy for the future seems to be adequate. Complementary medicine research in Australia: a strategy for the future https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06303.x (Full link in lecture notes) Learning process – Notes from Week 1 In Australia, we’re far behind the UK...

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And feeling optimistic about the year ahead 💚 some of the discussion forums in the upcoming subjects are not assessable or marked, and discussions there can’t be shared each week because they contain peoples personal information and experiences, and responses. I aim to post completed assignments and other interesting...

Forum Discussion Questions: Further to reading the CMBA code of ethics (Reading two); discuss why you think it is so important for practitioners to follow the guidelines for completing and storage of patient records. Record Keeping The Chinese Medicine Board of Australia (CMBA) states: ‘By law, practitioners must keep...

Explain why cross referral occurs and identify any relevant ethical issues Cross referral often occurs to factors such as: Clients treatment needs are outside practitioners training or scope of practice Practitioner requires the client to see another practitioner for therapy as part of a multidisciplinary team e.g. a physio...

Ethical Issues Case Study John Do is a 15-year-old male who is an avid soccer player. He practices five times a week and plays one to two games competitively on the weekend. He has been experiencing anterior knee/shin pain that is particularly sore after soccer. He has also noticed...