title: What does it mean to practice an energy medicine?
abstract: The concepts that energy exists and moves and that health is homeodynamic form the core assumptions of medical practices such as acupuncture that are known as energy medicines. These assumptions lead logically to practice characteristics that distinguish energy medicines from materialist medicines.
authors.affiliation: Paradigms Found Consulting, Bethesda, MD 20816, USA. windpath@cassidy.net
authors.forename: Claire M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cassidy
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002983:Clinical Competence; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D009324:Naturopathy; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011603:Psychophysiology