naturocrit: Naturopathy As "Evidence Based" - False, False, False:

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Naturopathy As "Evidence Based" - False, False, False:

Ian, H. (NMD SCNM) states in the Daily News-Sun as reported by Turner, E. (? ?) in "Doctor Uses Naturopathic Medicine to Complement Traditional Cancer Treatments" {2009-06-09}:

"Dr. Hanna Ian [...at] www.thenaturopathicphysician.com [...] believes in the power of naturopathic medicine [...quoting Ian] 'I would advocate that people make an informed choice [...] naturopathic medicine is evidence based. Were not just using folktales,' she said.' It's research-evidenced based.'"

Note: if you are actually informed, you know that naturopathy is belief-based [e.g., vitalism]. And, ironically, to 'believe in the power' is quite right: their 'healing power of nature' is the belief in a 'purposeful life spirit bioagency'. That is the core of naturopathy, and such is outside of science...NOT EVIDENCED. But, at the Dr.'s site, that vitalism is quite coded. So much for being informed.

When are figmentations / articles-of-faith evidence-based? Naturopathy.

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Episode 001: "How I Heard of Naturopathy, Attending Naturopathy School, and Deciding to Leave Before Graduating" (Part 1); "ND Sensenig's 'The Power of Vitalism'" (Part 2).
Episode 002: "The Naturalness Fallacy" (in One Part).
Episode 003: "The Quite False 1998 Claim of the AANP Alliance Consortia That Naturopathy is 'Science-Based and Not a Belief System' (Part 1); "The Naturopathy Chapter fro'm Complementary and Alternative Medicine' (ISBN 0443065764) by NDs Pizzorno and Snider" (Part 2).
Episode 004: "The NYANP: Their 2014 Bill Fabrication and Content History" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5).
Episode 005: "The 'Science-Based' Science-Exterior Canadian-Based Naturopathic Interior" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5a Part 5b).
Episode 006: "The Epistemic Conflation of a School of Thought Claiming to be Scientific" (Part 1, Part 2).
Episode 007: "Naturopathy's Supposed Value" (in One Part).
Episode 008: "The 2015 Iowa NPA Naturopathy Bill" (Part 1, Part 2).
Episode 009: “The Connecticut Naturopathic Physicians Association [CNPA] and A Supposed Modernization of Connecticut Naturopathy" (Part 1, Part 2a, Part 2b).
Episode 010: “Integrative-Holistic-Quackademic Woo, Information Asymmetry, Immanence and Fiduciary Duty: Minnesota '.edu' -Style” (Part 1, Part 2a, Part 2b).
Episode 011: “Naturopathillogical Microcosms: NDs Zampieron and Brady” (Part 1, Part 2).
Episode 012: "Preponderant and Universal Medical Ethical Codes and North American Naturopathy's Transgressions" (Part 1a, Part 1b, Part 2a, Part 2b, Part 3a1, Part 3a2, Part 3b1, Part 3b2, Part 4a, Part 4b, Part 4c1, Part 4c2).
Episode 013: "The State of Connecticut and Its Naturopathy: 'Deception, Fraud, Double-Dealing, Subterfuge, and Trickery'" (Part 1, Part 2a, Part 2b).