In Brief: AMA on alternative medicine
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
AMA on alternative medicine: American Medical Association House of Delegates approves resolution on Dec. 6 encouraging its members to "become better informed regarding alternative (complementary) medicine and to participate in appropriate studies of it." The resolution also states that AMA will "explore the possibility of initiating at the state level task forces of appropriate representatives to emulate...the types of discussions going on in Washington, D.C., as stimulated by the National Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine, including the sample surveying of physicians concerning their current use of alternative medicine techniques in their practices." The resolution was introduced by the group's Washington state delegation...