Complementary and Alternative Medicine:
Legal Boundaries and Regulatory Perspectives

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Reviews

“Michael H. Cohen clarifies credentialing, malpractice liability, and other legal, regulatory, ethical, and policy issues surrounding the inclusion of complementary medicine into conventional health care delivery. The book is an authoritative and indispensable resource.” — James N. Dillard, M.D., D.C., C.Ac. Assistant Clinical Professor, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Medical Director for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Oxford Health Plans

“I found the book absolutely fascinating and would like to congratulate you on such a compassionate and wonderfully inspired piece of writing. I am sure that it will be a great success and it makes a bold contribution to the frontiers on integrative medicine.” — Caroline Hoffman, Deputy Editor, Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery

“Snippets of the body of alternative medicine are skillfully dissected and probed by Cohen's legal scalpel in a manner that is informative and intellectually stimulating. For persons wishing…knowledge and understanding of the present legal environment for alternative medicine in the United States, this book is an excellent choice.” — Journal of the American Medical Association. Full JAMA Review [.pdf]

“A provocative, pioneering, and timely contribution to the future of health and medical regulation…Future discussions by clinical and research professionals in health care law and policy will find this authoritative text to be indispensable.” — Kenneth R. Pelletier, Stanford University School of Medicine

“This outstanding recommended resource-nearly one-third of the text is devoted to case law and references belongs on the library shelf of anyone thinking about or involved in health care.” — Rena J. Gordon, University of Arizona

“This is a concise, authoritative synthesis of biomedicine, alternative medicine, and the regulatory environment. It succeeds admirably in giving the reader a broad view of biomedicine and holistic healing and in outlining the growth, evolution, and eventual dominance of biomedicine to the present…” — Annals of Internal Medicine

“Written from a legal perspective, this volume examines complementary and alternative medicine within the contexts of state regulation, scope of practice, malpractice, professional discipline, third-party reimbursement, and evolution of legal authority… Michael H. Cohen has written a comprehensive and well-researched volume that makes an important and unique contribution to our understanding of complementary and alternative medicine.” — Journal of Community Health

“Cohen…eloquently describes the interlocking levels of control state and federal governments exercise over the art of medicine. The work is illustrated by case examples that bring alive the current status of such controls and highlight the dilemmas both faced and posed by our legal system.” — The Journal of Legal Medicine

“In this compact and lively analysis, Michael Cohen sums up the history and current status of the legal underpinnings of complementary and alternative medicine vis-à-vis conventional medicine.” — Integrative Medicine Consult

“This academic resource tool is a necessary addition to any health practitioner’s library ... [and] does an admirable job of addressing those legal issues pertinent to alternative healthcare providers.” — Alternative Healthcare Management

“As the public has increasingly turned to alternative methods of healing such as acupuncture, chiropractic, dietary supplements, energy healing, and yoga, the legal and ethical relationships between these alternatives and the traditional medical orthodoxy have come into question. What legal obstacles do practitioners of alternative medicine currently face, and should they be certified or licensed? What liability risks do traditional health care providers confront when they refer patients to complementary practices…. Mr. Cohen offers a thought-provoking discussion about integrating the alternative with the traditional. Through poignant anecdotes and accessible analysis, he moves from practical legal issues of liability and regulation to more abstract questions regarding different traditions and understandings about healing.” — Harvard Law Review


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