Alternative medicine is a controversial topic. The reading provides some points in favor of such types of therapeutic interventions. On the other hand, the professor lectured about the flaws in alternative medicine approaches.
The professor discussed that conventional medicine is based on scientific documents. Therefore, it’s efficacy can be tested. Alternative medicine has no scientific basis. It’s methods are not tested, refuse to be tested, and/or fail in scientific experiments. This annuls the claim by passage that the alternative medicine is superior to the conventional one.
Moreover, the professor stated that the high demand for alternative methods is the direct result of media propaganda. People are biased by the huge amount of advertisements that promote the false claim about synthetic drugs, i. e. the continuous use of conventional drugs ends up in drug dependency. According to the professor’s argument, the general perception about alternative therapy, which is believed to be a more holistic approach, is false.
Finally, the professor mentioned the formal education of conventional health care providers the strength of it. The credentials achieved by them can be evaluated and their degrees are awarded based on their documented education, for example internships and residencies. However, in contrast to the reading passage, the alternative therapists do not go through such well-designed and intense educational programs.
Alternative
medicine
is a controversial topic. The reading provides
some
points in favor of such types of therapeutic interventions.
On the other hand
, the
professor
lectured about the flaws in
alternative
medicine
approaches.
The
professor
discussed that
conventional
medicine
is based
on scientific documents.
Therefore
, it’s efficacy can be
tested
.
Alternative
medicine
has no scientific basis. It’s methods are not
tested
, refuse to be
tested
, and/or fail in scientific experiments. This annuls the claim by passage that the
alternative
medicine
is superior to the
conventional
one.
Moreover
, the
professor
stated that the high demand for
alternative
methods is the direct result of media propaganda.
People
are biased
by the huge amount of advertisements that promote the false claim about synthetic drugs,
i. e.
the continuous
use
of
conventional
drugs ends up in drug dependency. According to the
professor’s
argument, the general perception about
alternative
therapy, which
is believed
to be a more holistic approach, is false.
Finally
, the
professor
mentioned the formal education of
conventional
health care providers the strength of it. The credentials achieved by them can
be evaluated
and their degrees
are awarded
based on their documented education,
for example
internships and residencies.
However
,
in contrast
to the reading passage, the
alternative
therapists do not go through such well-designed and intense educational programs.