Oh Snap! New Brunswick Judge Rules Naturopaths Can't Market Themselves as Medically Trained

here, bad news for naturopathy pseudomedicalism:

001. at cbc.ca, in "Naturopaths Can't Suggest They're 'Medically Trained,' New Brunswick Judge Rules" (2018-12-18), Julia Wright tells us:

"the New Brunswick College of Physicians and Surgeons had sought an injunction to stop naturopaths [...] from using terms such as 'medical practitioner' and 'family practice' to describe themselves or their services [...now] naturopaths in New Brunswick cannot advertise themselves as 'medically trained,' a New Brunswick judge ruled on Tuesday [...] 'naturopaths are not medical practitioners and naturopaths are not allowed to use words to suggest that they are'  - Court of Queen's Bench Justice Hugh McLellan [...]";

hear, hear.

"the New Brunswick Association of Naturopathic Doctors defines naturopathy as 'therapeutic methods' that support the body's own healing ability [...] naturopathy encompasses methods like herbalism, homeopathy, acupuncture, nature cures, and traditional Chinese medicine [...]";

ah, coded vitalism.  Collective opacity.  And quackery.