*opposite of aboveboard,
keeping in mind that to be aboveboard, a full disclosure of
naturopathy's epistemic farce would be required [my comments are in
unquoted bold below].
001. as background, the public is told, by the State of Oregon, in "Board of Naturopathic Medicine: About Us", archived 2013:
"vision: to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public in the matters of care provided by naturopathic physicians in Oregon [...] the mission of the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine is to protect
the public by improving upon standards of care offered by licensed
practitioners through ensuring competency in education, and enhancing
communication with the profession and the public [...]";
ah, an 'of the professions claim'! Well, I've already established that at NCNM, the OREGON naturopathy school, science as a category is quite incompetently wielded: e.g., homeopathy, vitalism and supernaturalism are claimed to survived scientific scrutiny! I would expect that this 'public protection' includes a medical consumer's right to make an informed decision regarding naturopathy, in the sense of medical ethics and consumer rights, both clinically and educationally. But, how can that be happening if nonscience is being labeled science So, I wonder, what comes first? The protection of naturopathy [unprofessionalism] or the protection of patient rights [professionalism]? What is being communicated at this Board ND's web site?
ah, an 'of the professions claim'! Well, I've already established that at NCNM, the OREGON naturopathy school, science as a category is quite incompetently wielded: e.g., homeopathy, vitalism and supernaturalism are claimed to survived scientific scrutiny! I would expect that this 'public protection' includes a medical consumer's right to make an informed decision regarding naturopathy, in the sense of medical ethics and consumer rights, both clinically and educationally. But, how can that be happening if nonscience is being labeled science So, I wonder, what comes first? The protection of naturopathy [unprofessionalism] or the protection of patient rights [professionalism]? What is being communicated at this Board ND's web site?
"programs: the Board is authorized by law to examine, register and license naturopathic physicians [...] the Board enforces compliance with the naturopathic statute through
administrative procedures, continuing education, discipline of
licensees, and court actions. The board also certifies doctors qualified
to practice [...]";
if patent
nonscience is allowed to be labeled science, like at NCNM and at the
Board Oregon.gov web pages, which it is, then I don't have much hope for
the integrity of this Board and its processes! By the way, the
ND statute requires adherence to naturopathic
principles. So, being that a central context of naturopathy's
principles is that nonscience and science are the same thing, science,
isn't this all just farcical crazy implementing the farcical crazy they
were educated aka inured into?
002. the practice* web pages of OBNM Board member ND Chapman:
*what does a naturopath do, 'in-practice', particularly about communicating naturopathy?
002.a. the practice has four NDs, ALL NCNM graduates: Chapman, P., Chapman, L., Maurer, and Roe.
002.b. vitalism search:
002.c. science search:
003. so the big, glaring question:
002.b. vitalism search:
you'd think that naturopathy's essential premise, available at the NCNM web page and the Board web page, would be explained by this Board ND and his fellow NCNM graduates. But, there are no hits for a search of his practice web page sellwoodfamilymedicine.com for "force", "vital", or "power". That's just amazing. It seems the practice has chosen to be the brand "integrative medicine". On the page "About Us" we're merely told "integrative medicine is healing-oriented." I don't find any interation of naturopathy's principles, on the web-based commerce portal for an OBNM member. Incredible.
002.c. science search:
on that same "About Us" page, we're told: "integrative medicine combines mainstream medical therapies and CAM (alternative) therapies for which there is scientific evidence of safety and effectiveness [...] good medicine should be based in good science" and the homepage states they are "informed by science."
all the while the actual basic principles of naturopathy are science-exterior, and the practice has at least three pages with "homeopathy" on them, the antithesis of medical science.
003. so the big, glaring question:
if it is OK
for the members of Oregon's regulatory board to not engage in the quite
reasonable 'informed consent ethical standard' / transparency that
medicine and professions must abide by -- and it looks OK for them to do
this because they do this at their own practices' online pages, as we
see here with ND Chapman -- is this regulatory board a farce just as
naturopathy's science status is a farce, since naturopathy's needs are
being placed first, not the public's?
having studied naturopathy for so long, it is not surprising that not only is the epistemic categorization of its principles a mislabeling, but that even up at the highest echelons of regulation membership, there isn't clear communication of:
a) the ideas that define naturopathy (they are either omitted or coded);
b) the nonscientific status of those ideas (good luck getting that admission).
having studied naturopathy for so long, it is not surprising that not only is the epistemic categorization of its principles a mislabeling, but that even up at the highest echelons of regulation membership, there isn't clear communication of:
a) the ideas that define naturopathy (they are either omitted or coded);
b) the nonscientific status of those ideas (good luck getting that admission).
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