%0 Journal Article
%T Non-conventional practice versus evidence-based medicine. A scientific and ethical analysis of the Italian regulation
%A Rosagemma Ciliberti
%A Sara Patuzzo
%J Archive of "Acta Bio Medica : Atenei Parmensis".
%D 2017
%R 10.23750/abm.v88i2.5863
%X The current lack of scientific validation of non-conventional treatments in medicine, whose epistemological foundations lie in scientific evidence and experimentation, raises a significant questions regarding the costs and benefits of alternative-treatment forms. Nonetheless, in the last few decades non-conventional treatments have been increasingly recognised by the Italian medical profession, with one regional healthcare administration adopting some non-conventional practices as part of its conventional healthcare services
%K alternative medicine
%K complementary medicine
%K medical ethics
%K self-determination
%K evidence-based medicine
%K traditional medicine
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6166153/