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| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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| Biomedicine and Holistic Healing | |
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| The Biomedical Paradigm | |
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| The Holistic Healing Paradigm | |
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| Holism and Mechanism | |
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| The Use of Holistic Therapies | |
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| Scientific Substantiation and Methodological Issues | |
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| An Integrated Health Care System | |
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| Biomedical Regulation in Historical Context | |
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| The Emergence of Licensing | |
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| The Development of the Biomedical Community | |
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| The Response of the Regulatory Paradigm | |
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| State Law Regulation of Medicine | |
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| The Police Power Rationale | |
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| Legal Definitions of the Practice of Medicine | |
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| Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention, and Cure | |
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| Holding Oneself Out to the Public | |
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| Intending to Receive a Fee, Gift, or Other Compensation | |
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| Attaching a Title to One's Name | |
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| Maintaining an Office | |
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| Performing Surgery | |
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| Using, Administering, or Prescribing Drugs | |
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| Miscellaneous Definitional Provisions | |
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| Unauthorized Professional Practice | |
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| The Nonlicensed Provider | |
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| Independent Holistic Practice | |
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| Occupational Licensure | |
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| Scope-of-Practice Limitations | |
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| Licensing of Complementary and Alternative Providers | |
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| Chiropractic | |
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| Massage Therapy | |
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| Naturopathy | |
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| Homeopathy | |
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| Acupuncture | |
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| Lay Practice | |
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| Legislatively Authorized Boundaries of Practice | |
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| Scope of Practice: The Case of Chiropractic | |
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| Nutritional Care | |
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| Colonic Irrigation | |
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| Acupuncture and Other Modalities | |
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| Physical Examination and Other Procedures | |
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| Addressing Scope-of-Practice Risks | |
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| Malpractice and Vicarious Liability | |
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| Physicians' Malpractice Liability | |
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| The Case of Chelation Therapy | |
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| Informed Consent | |
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| Assumption of Risk | |
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| Malpractice by Complementary and Alternative Providers | |
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| Professional Standards of Care | |
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| Heightened Standard of Care | |
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| Duty to Refer and Misrepresentation | |
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| Malpractice Liability of Health Care Institutions | |
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| Access to Treatments | |
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| Treatments Requiring New Drug Approval | |
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| Nutritional Therapies | |
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| Dietary Supplements and Health Claims | |
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| Health Care Freedom | |
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| Discipline and Sanction | |
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| The Disciplinary Process | |
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| Homeopathy | |
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| Chelation Therapy | |
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| Ozone Therapy | |
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| State Medical Freedom Acts | |
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| Third-Party Reimbursement | |
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| Voluntary and Mandated Coverage | |
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| Selected Exclusions and Coverage Issues | |
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| Experimental Treatments | |
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| Medically Necessary Treatments | |
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| Health Care Fraud and Insurance Fraud | |
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| The Evolution of Legal Authority | |
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| Professional Licensure and Scope of Practice | |
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| Malpractice and Professional Discipline | |
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| Fraud and Health Care Freedom | |
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| Integral Health Care | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |