title: Hospitals and complementary and alternative medicine: managing responsibilities, risk, and potential liability.
abstract: Patients and families increasingly press hospitals to facilitate provision of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies and products. At the same time, a growing number of hospitals and health care facilities have taken steps to integrate CAM and conventional care. In this article we consider institutional responsibilities when patients/parents use or are considering CAM. We (1) review hospitals' responsibilities to patients and parents, (2) explain how these principles apply in the case of CAM practitioners and products, (3) address institutional responsibilities for different models of service delivery, and (4) highlight issues that should be addressed when developing institutional policies to govern CAM use and propose ways to do so.
authors: Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors: Joan
authors: J
authors: Gilmour
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Harrison
authors: Leyla
authors: L
authors: Asadi
authors: Michael H
authors: MH
authors: Cohen
authors: Sunita
authors: S
authors: Vohra
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000941:ethics; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003406:Credentialing; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006291:Health Policy; D006761:Hospitals / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008297:Male; D016522:Oncology Service, Hospital; D010290:Parents; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010372:Pediatrics; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States