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Naturopathic practitioners in the United States can be divided into three categories: traditional naturopaths; naturopathic physicians; and other health care providers that provide naturopathic services. The scope of practice varies widely between jurisdictions, and naturopaths in unregulated jurisdictions may use the ''Naturopathic Doctor'' designation or other titles regardless of level of education. Naturopathic physicians employ the principles of naturopathy within the context of conventional medical practices.
Naturopathic practitioners in the United States can be divided into three categories: traditional naturopaths; naturopathic physicians; and other health care providers that provide naturopathic services. The scope of practice varies widely between jurisdictions, and naturopaths in unregulated jurisdictions may use the ''Naturopathic Doctor'' designation or other titles regardless of level of education. Naturopathic physicians employ the principles of naturopathy within the context of conventional medical practices.


Much of the ideology and methodological underpinnings of naturopathy are in conflict with the paradigm of [[evidence-based medicine]].<ref name=Jagtenberg2006/> Their training adds up to a very small amount of that of [[primary care doctor]]s.<ref name= atwood2003/> Many naturopaths oppose [[vaccination]] based in part on the early views that shaped the profession. According to the [[American Cancer Society]], "scientific evidence does not support claims that naturopathic medicine can cure [[cancer]] or any other disease, since virtually no studies on naturopathy as a whole have been published."<ref name=ACS />
Much of the ideology and methodological underpinnings of naturopathy are in conflict with the paradigm of [[evidence-based medicine|conventional medicine]].<ref name=Jagtenberg2006/> Their training adds up to a very small amount of that of [[primary care doctor]]s.<ref name= atwood2003/> Many naturopaths oppose [[vaccination]] based in part on the early views that shaped the profession. According to the [[American Cancer Society]], "scientific evidence does not support claims that naturopathic medicine can cure [[cancer]] or any other disease, since virtually no studies on naturopathy as a whole have been published."<ref name=ACS />


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=== Evidence basis ===
=== Evidence basis ===
Naturopathy lacks an adequate scientific basis,<ref name=Jagtenberg2006>{{cite journal | author = Jagtenberg, Tom; Evans, Sue; Grant, Airdre; Howden, Ian et al. | date = April 2006 | title = Evidence-based medicine and naturopathy | journal = Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine | volume = 12 | issue = 3 | pages = 323–328 | doi = 10.1089/acm.2006.12.323 |pmid= 16646733}}</ref> and it is rejected by the medical community.<ref name=Naturo2006/> Some methods rely on immaterial "vital energy fields", the existence of which has not been proven, and there is concern that naturopathy as a field tends towards isolation from general scientific discourse.<ref name=NCAHF_np /><ref name=Herbert1994>{{cite book |last1= Herbert |first1= Victor |last2= Barrett |first2= Stephen |title= The Vitamin Pushers: How the "Health Food" Industry is Selling America a Bill of Goods |publisher= Prometheus Books |location= Buffalo, NY |year= 1994 |pages= |isbn=9780879759094 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="isbn0-87975-761-2">{{cite book |last1= Barrett |first1= Stephen |last2= Raso |first2= Jack |title=Mystical Diets: Paranormal, Spiritual, and Occult Nutrition Practices |publisher=Prometheus Books |location=Buffalo, New York |year=1993 |pages= |isbn=0879757612 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> Naturopathy is criticized for its reliance on and its association with unproven, disproven, and other controversial alternative medical treatments, and for its vitalistic underpinnings.<ref name=ACS /><ref name=McKnight2009>{{cite news| first= Peter |last= McKnight |title= Naturopathy's main article of faith cannot be validated; Reliance on vital forces leaves its practises based on beliefs without scientific backing |date= March 7, 2009 |url= http://www.vancouversun.com/story_print.html?id=1364389 |newspaper= [[Vancouver Sun]] |page= C5 |edition= final |accessdate= 2009-03-21 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}<!-- available for purchase via Infomart - http://www.fpinfomart.ca/ as of Feb 2013 --></ref><ref name=ToT_Ernst>{{cite book |last2= Ernst |first2= Edzard |last1= Singh |first1= Simon |authorlink1= Simon Singh|authorlink2 = Edzard Ernst|title= [[Trick or Treatment : The Undeniable Facts About Alternative Medicine]] |publisher= W. W. Norton |location= New York |year= 2008 |pages= |isbn= 0393066614 |oclc= 181139440}}</ref> Although some [[neutraceutical]] substances used in naturopathy have some promise in laboratory experiments, there is no evidence this translates to a benefit to human health.<ref name=neut>{{vcite2 journal |vauthors=Ahmad A, Ginnebaugh KR, Li Y, Padhye SB, Sarkar FH |title=Molecular Targets of Naturopathy in Cancer Research: Bridge to Modern Medicine |journal=Nutrients |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=321–334 |year=2015 |pmid=25569626 |doi=10.3390/nu7010321 |type=Review}}</ref> According to the [[American Cancer Society]], "scientific evidence does not support claims that naturopathic medicine can cure [[cancer]] or any other disease, since virtually no studies on naturopathy as a whole have been published."<ref name=ACS />
Naturopathy is rejected by the medical community.<ref name=Naturo2006/> Some methods rely on immaterial "vital energy fields", the existence of which has not been proven, and there is concern that naturopathy as a field tends towards isolation from general scientific discourse.<ref name=NCAHF_np /><ref name=Herbert1994>{{cite book |last1= Herbert |first1= Victor |last2= Barrett |first2= Stephen |title= The Vitamin Pushers: How the "Health Food" Industry is Selling America a Bill of Goods |publisher= Prometheus Books |location= Buffalo, NY |year= 1994 |pages= |isbn=9780879759094 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="isbn0-87975-761-2">{{cite book |last1= Barrett |first1= Stephen |last2= Raso |first2= Jack |title=Mystical Diets: Paranormal, Spiritual, and Occult Nutrition Practices |publisher=Prometheus Books |location=Buffalo, New York |year=1993 |pages= |isbn=0879757612 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> Naturopathy is criticized for its reliance on and its association with unproven, disproven, and other controversial alternative medical treatments, and for its vitalistic underpinnings.<ref name=ACS /><ref name=McKnight2009>{{cite news| first= Peter |last= McKnight |title= Naturopathy's main article of faith cannot be validated; Reliance on vital forces leaves its practises based on beliefs without scientific backing |date= March 7, 2009 |url= http://www.vancouversun.com/story_print.html?id=1364389 |newspaper= [[Vancouver Sun]] |page= C5 |edition= final |accessdate= 2009-03-21 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}<!-- available for purchase via Infomart - http://www.fpinfomart.ca/ as of Feb 2013 --></ref><ref name=ToT_Ernst>{{cite book |last2= Ernst |first2= Edzard |last1= Singh |first1= Simon |authorlink1= Simon Singh|authorlink2 = Edzard Ernst|title= [[Trick or Treatment : The Undeniable Facts About Alternative Medicine]] |publisher= W. W. Norton |location= New York |year= 2008 |pages= |isbn= 0393066614 |oclc= 181139440}}</ref> Although some [[neutraceutical]] substances used in naturopathy have some promise in laboratory experiments, there is no evidence this translates to a benefit to human health.<ref name=neut>{{vcite2 journal |vauthors=Ahmad A, Ginnebaugh KR, Li Y, Padhye SB, Sarkar FH |title=Molecular Targets of Naturopathy in Cancer Research: Bridge to Modern Medicine |journal=Nutrients |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=321–334 |year=2015 |pmid=25569626 |doi=10.3390/nu7010321 |type=Review}}</ref> According to the [[American Cancer Society]], "scientific evidence does not support claims that naturopathic medicine can cure [[cancer]] or any other disease, since virtually no studies on naturopathy as a whole have been published."<ref name=ACS />


[[Kimball C. Atwood IV]] writes, in the journal ''Medscape General Medicine'', "Naturopathic physicians now claim to be primary care physicians proficient in the practice of both "conventional" and "natural" medicine. Their training, however, amounts to a small fraction of that of medical doctors who practice primary care. An examination of their literature, moreover, reveals that it is replete with pseudoscientific, ineffective, unethical, and potentially dangerous practices".<ref name=atwood2003 /> In another article, Atwood writes that "Physicians who consider naturopaths to be their colleagues thus find themselves in opposition to one of the fundamental ethical precepts of modern medicine. If naturopaths are not to be judged "nonscientific practitioners", the term has no useful meaning".<ref name=atwood2004>{{cite journal |last= Atwood IV |first= Kimball. C. |date= March 26, 2004 |title= Naturopathy, pseudoscience, and medicine: Myths and fallacies vs truth |journal= Medscape General Medicine |volume= 6 |issue= 1 |page= 33 |pmid= 15208545|pmc= 1140750}}</ref>
[[Kimball C. Atwood IV]] writes, in the journal ''Medscape General Medicine'', "Naturopathic physicians now claim to be primary care physicians proficient in the practice of both "conventional" and "natural" medicine. Their training, however, amounts to a small fraction of that of medical doctors who practice primary care. An examination of their literature, moreover, reveals that it is replete with pseudoscientific, ineffective, unethical, and potentially dangerous practices".<ref name=atwood2003 /> In another article, Atwood writes that "Physicians who consider naturopaths to be their colleagues thus find themselves in opposition to one of the fundamental ethical precepts of modern medicine. If naturopaths are not to be judged "nonscientific practitioners", the term has no useful meaning".<ref name=atwood2004>{{cite journal |last= Atwood IV |first= Kimball. C. |date= March 26, 2004 |title= Naturopathy, pseudoscience, and medicine: Myths and fallacies vs truth |journal= Medscape General Medicine |volume= 6 |issue= 1 |page= 33 |pmid= 15208545|pmc= 1140750}}</ref>

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Naturopathy or naturopathic medicine is a form of alternative medicine employing a wide array of "natural" treatments, including homeopathy, herbalism, and acupuncture, as well as diet and lifestyle counseling. Naturopaths favor a holistic approach with non-invasive treatment and generally avoid the use of surgery and drugs. Naturopathic philosophy is based on a belief in vitalism and self-healing, and practitioners often prefer methods of treatment that are not compatible with evidence-based medicine. Naturopathic medicine is replete with pseudoscientific, ineffective, unethical, and possibly dangerous practices.[1]

The term "naturopathy" was created from "natura" (Latin root for birth) and "pathos" (the Greek root for suffering) to suggest "natural healing". Modern naturopathy grew out of the Natural Cure movement of Europe. The term was coined in 1895 by John Scheel and popularized by Benedict Lust, the "father of U.S. naturopathy". Beginning in the 1970s, there was a revival of interest in the United States and Canada, in conjunction with the holistic health movement.

Naturopathic practitioners in the United States can be divided into three categories: traditional naturopaths; naturopathic physicians; and other health care providers that provide naturopathic services. The scope of practice varies widely between jurisdictions, and naturopaths in unregulated jurisdictions may use the Naturopathic Doctor designation or other titles regardless of level of education. Naturopathic physicians employ the principles of naturopathy within the context of conventional medical practices.

Much of the ideology and methodological underpinnings of naturopathy are in conflict with the paradigm of conventional medicine.[2] Their training adds up to a very small amount of that of primary care doctors.[1] Many naturopaths oppose vaccination based in part on the early views that shaped the profession. According to the American Cancer Society, "scientific evidence does not support claims that naturopathic medicine can cure cancer or any other disease, since virtually no studies on naturopathy as a whole have been published."[3]

History

Monsignor Sebastian Kneipp, 1821–1897
Benedict Lust, 1872–1945

Naturopaths claim the ancient Greek "Father of Medicine", Hippocrates, as the first advocate of naturopathic medicine, before the term existed.[4][5] Naturopathy has its roots in the 19th century Nature Cure movement of Europe.[6][7] In Scotland, Thomas Allinson started advocating his "Hygienic Medicine" in the 1880s, promoting a natural diet and exercise with avoidance of tobacco and overwork.[8][9]

The term naturopathy was coined in 1895 by John Scheel,[10] and purchased by Benedict Lust, the "father of U.S. naturopathy".[11] Lust had been schooled in hydrotherapy and other natural health practices in Germany by Father Sebastian Kneipp; Kneipp sent Lust to the United States to spread his drugless methods.[12] Lust defined naturopathy as a broad discipline rather than a particular method, and included such techniques as hydrotherapy, herbal medicine, and homeopathy, as well as eliminating overeating, tea, coffee, and alcohol.[13] He described the body in spiritual and vitalistic terms with "absolute reliance upon the cosmic forces of man's nature".[14]

In 1901, Lust founded the American School of Naturopathy in New York. In 1902 the original North American Kneipp Societies were discontinued and renamed "Naturopathic Societies". In September 1919 the Naturopathic Society of America was dissolved and Benedict Lust founded the American Naturopathic Association to supplant it.[11][15] Naturopaths became licensed under naturopathic or drugless practitioner laws in 25 states in the first three decades of the twentieth century.[11] Naturopathy was adopted by many chiropractors, and several schools offered both Doctor of Naturopathy (ND) and Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) degrees.[11] Estimates of the number of naturopathic schools active in the United States during this period vary from about one to two dozen.[3][10][11]

After a period of rapid growth, naturopathy went into decline for several decades after the 1930s. In 1910 the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching published the Flexner Report, which criticized many aspects of medical education, especially quality and lack of scientific rigour. The advent of penicillin and other "miracle drugs" and the consequent popularity of modern medicine also contributed to naturopathy's decline. In the 1940s and 1950s, a broadening in scope of practice laws led many chiropractic schools to drop their ND degrees, though many chiropractors continued to practice naturopathy. From 1940 to 1963, the American Medical Association campaigned against heterodox medical systems. By 1958 practice of naturopathy was licensed in only five states.[11] In 1968 the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare issued a report on naturopathy concluding that naturopathy was not grounded in medical science and that naturopathic education was inadequate to prepare graduates to make appropriate diagnosis and provide treatment; the report recommends against expanding Medicare coverage to include naturopathic treatments.[3][16] In 1977 an Australian committee of inquiry reached similar conclusions; it did not recommend licensure for naturopaths.[17] As of 2009, fifteen U.S. states, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia licensed naturopathic doctors,[18] and the state of Washington requires insurance companies to offer reimbursement for services provided by naturopathic physicians.[19][20] South Carolina and Tennessee prohibit the practice of naturopathy.[21][22][23]

Beginning in the 1970s, interest waxed in the United States and Canada in conjunction with the holistic health movement.[11][13]

Practice

Naturopathic practice is based on a belief in the body's ability to heal itself through a special vital energy or force guiding bodily processes internally.[1] Diagnosis and treatment concern primarily alternative therapies and "natural" methods that naturopaths claim promote the body's natural ability to heal.[13][24] Naturopaths focus on a holistic approach, often completely avoiding the use of surgery and drugs.[3][25] Naturopaths aim to prevent illness through stress reduction and changes to diet and lifestyle, often rejecting the methods of evidence based medicine.[26][27]

A consultation typically begins with a lengthy patient interview focusing on lifestyle, medical history, emotional tone, and physical features, as well as physical examination.[13] Many naturopaths present themselves as primary care providers, and some naturopathic physicians may prescribe drugs, perform minor surgery, and integrate other conventional medical approaches such as diet and lifestyle counselling with their naturopathic practice.[13][28] Traditional naturopaths deal exclusively with lifestyle changes, not diagnosing or treating disease. Naturopaths do not generally recommend vaccines and antibiotics, based in part on the early views that shaped the profession, and they may provide alternative remedies even in cases where evidence-based medicine has been shown effective.[29][30]

Methods

The particular modalities used by a naturopath vary with training and scope of practice. These may include: herbalism, homeopathy,[31] acupuncture, nature cures, physical medicine, applied kinesiology,[32] brainwave entrainment, colonic enemas,[12] chelation therapy for atherosclerosis,[33] color therapy,[32] cranial osteopathy,[30] hair analysis,[30] iridology,[32] live blood analysis, ozone therapy,[3] Psychotherapy, public health measures and hygiene,[26] reflexology,[32] rolfing,[15] massage therapy, and traditional Chinese medicine. Nature cures include a range of therapies based on exposure to natural elements such as sunshine, fresh air, or heat or cold, as well as nutrition advice such as following a vegetarian and whole food diet, fasting, or abstention from alcohol and sugar.[34] Physical medicine includes naturopathic, osseous, or soft tissue manipulative therapy, sports medicine, exercise, and hydrotherapy. Psychological counseling includes meditation, relaxation, and other methods of stress management.[34]

A 2004 survey determined the most commonly prescribed naturopathic therapeutics in Washington State and Connecticut were botanical medicines, vitamins, minerals, homeopathy, and allergy treatments.[31]

Practitioners

Naturopathic practitioners in the United States can be divided into three groups, naturopathic physicians, traditional naturopaths, and other health care providers who offer naturopathic services.[3][35][36][37][38]

Licensure

Naturopathic doctors are licensed in 17 US states and 5 Canadian provinces.[39] In jurisdictions where Naturopathic doctor (ND or NMD) or a similar term is a protected designation, naturopathic doctors must pass the Naturopathic Physicians Licensing Examinations administered by the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners (NABNE)[40] after graduating from a college accredited by the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education (CNME).[28] Residency programs are offered at four of these colleges.[41][42][43][44] NDs are not required to engage in residency training except in the state of Utah.[3][45]

In 2005, the Massachusetts Medical Society opposed licensure based on concerns that NDs are not required to participate in residency and are trained in inappropriate or harmful treatments.[46] The Massachusetts Special Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medical Practitioners rejected their concerns and recommended licensure.[47]

Many naturopaths present themselves as primary care providers.[13][28] Doctor of Naturopathy training includes basic medical diagnostic tests and procedures such as medical imaging and blood tests, as well as vitalism and pseudoscientific modalities such as homeopathy.[1][12][13][33][48]

Texas has begun establishing practice guidelines for doctors who integrate alternative and complementary medicine into their practice.[49] Continuing education in naturopathic modalities for health care professionals varies greatly.[32]

Traditional naturopaths

Traditional naturopaths are represented in the United States by the American Naturopathic Association (ANA), representing about 1,800 practitioners [50] and the American Naturopathic Medical Association (ANMA).[51][self-published source?]

The level of naturopathic training varies among traditional naturopaths in the United States. Traditional naturopaths may complete non-degree certificate programs or undergraduate degree programs and generally refer to themselves as Naturopathic Consultants. These programs often offer online unaccredited degrees, but do not offer proper biomedical education or clinical training. Those completing a Doctor of Naturopathy (ND) degree from an ANMCB approved school can become a Board Certified Naturopathic Doctor.[52][self-published source?][53][self-published source?] This board certification is in no way the same as holding an ND license and holds no weight in states that regulate the practice of naturopathic medicine.

Traditional naturopathic practitioners surveyed in Australia perceive evidence based medicine to be an ideologic assault on their beliefs in vitalistic and holistic principles.[27] They advocate the integrity of natural medicine practice.[27][27] Some naturopaths have begun to adapt modern scientific principles into clinical practice.[54]

Evidence basis

Naturopathy is rejected by the medical community.[27] Some methods rely on immaterial "vital energy fields", the existence of which has not been proven, and there is concern that naturopathy as a field tends towards isolation from general scientific discourse.[5][55][56] Naturopathy is criticized for its reliance on and its association with unproven, disproven, and other controversial alternative medical treatments, and for its vitalistic underpinnings.[3][48][57] Although some neutraceutical substances used in naturopathy have some promise in laboratory experiments, there is no evidence this translates to a benefit to human health.[58] According to the American Cancer Society, "scientific evidence does not support claims that naturopathic medicine can cure cancer or any other disease, since virtually no studies on naturopathy as a whole have been published."[3]

Kimball C. Atwood IV writes, in the journal Medscape General Medicine, "Naturopathic physicians now claim to be primary care physicians proficient in the practice of both "conventional" and "natural" medicine. Their training, however, amounts to a small fraction of that of medical doctors who practice primary care. An examination of their literature, moreover, reveals that it is replete with pseudoscientific, ineffective, unethical, and potentially dangerous practices".[1] In another article, Atwood writes that "Physicians who consider naturopaths to be their colleagues thus find themselves in opposition to one of the fundamental ethical precepts of modern medicine. If naturopaths are not to be judged "nonscientific practitioners", the term has no useful meaning".[33]

Treatments and practices

According to Arnold S. Relman, the Textbook of Natural Medicine is inadequate as a teaching tool, as it omits to mention or treat in detail many common ailments, improperly emphasizes treatments "not likely to be effective" over those that are, and promotes unproven herbal remedies at the expense of pharmaceuticals. He concludes that "the risks to many sick patients seeking care from the average naturopathic practitioner would far outweigh any possible benefits".[59]

"All forms of naturopathic education include concepts incompatible with basic science, and do not necessarily prepare a practitioner to make appropriate diagnosis or referrals."[30][46][57]

Certain naturopathic treatments offered by traditional naturopaths, such as homeopathy, rolfing, and iridology, are widely considered pseudoscience or quackery.[60][61][62] Stephen Barrett of QuackWatch and the National Council Against Health Fraud has stated that Naturopathy is "simplistic and that its practices are riddled with quackery".[12] "Non-scientific health care practitioners, including naturopaths, use unscientific methods and deception on a public who, lacking in-depth health care knowledge, must rely upon the assurance of providers. Quackery not only harms people, it undermines the ability to conduct scientific research and should be opposed by scientists", says William T. Jarvis.[63]

Safety of natural treatments

Naturopaths often recommend exposure to naturally occurring substances, such as sunshine, herbs and certain foods, as well as activities they describe as natural, such as exercise, meditation and relaxation. Naturopaths claim that these natural treatments help restore the body's innate ability to heal itself without the adverse effects of conventional medicine. However, "natural" methods and chemicals are not necessarily safer or more effective than "artificial" or "synthetic" ones, and any treatment capable of eliciting an effect may also have deleterious side effects.[3][12][64][65]

Vaccination

Many forms of alternative medicine, including naturopathy, homeopathy, and chiropractic are based on beliefs opposed to vaccination and have practitioners who voice their opposition. The reasons for this opposition are based, in part, on the early views which shaped the foundation of each profession.[66] A naturopathy textbook recommends "a return to nature in regulating the diet, breathing, exercising, bathing and the employment of various forces" in lieu of the smallpox vaccine.[67] A survey of a cross section of students of a major complementary and alternative medicine college in Canada reported that students in the later years of the program opposed vaccination more strongly than newer students.[68] Surveys of naturopaths indicate that most do not support the full pediatric vaccination schedule.[69][70][71] The Bastyr Center for Natural Health, the teaching clinic of Bastyr University, recommends against annual flu shots for healthy individuals.[72]

A University of Washington study investigated insurance claim histories for alternative medicine use in relation to the receipt of vaccinations against preventable illnesses, grouped into children aged 1–2 years and 1–17 years. Both groups were significantly less likely to receive a number of their vaccinations if they visited a naturopath. The study found a significant association between visits to naturopaths with a reduced receipt of pediatric vaccinations and with increased infection by vaccine-preventable diseases.[29] A review of pediatric and adolescent case files at a Canadian naturopathic teaching clinic found that more patients were partially or fully unvaccinated than in the general population.[73] A Survey of Canadian Naturopathic Patients found that reliance primarily on a naturopath was associated with greater odds of having a partially vaccinated or unvaccinated child.[74]

The British Columbia Naturopathic Association lists several major concerns regarding the pediatric vaccine schedule and vaccines in general.[75] The Oregon Association of Naturopathic Physicians reports that many naturopaths "customize" the pediatric vaccine schedule.[76]

Regulation

Naturopathy is practiced in many countries and is subject to different standards of regulation and levels of acceptance. The scope of practice varies widely between jurisdictions, and naturopaths in some unregulated jurisdictions may use the Naturopathic Doctor designation or other titles regardless of level of education.[36] The practice of naturopathy is illegal in two USA states.[21][22][23]

North America

In five Canadian provinces, seventeen U.S. states, and the District of Columbia, naturopathic doctors who are trained at an accredited school of naturopathic medicine in North America, are entitled to use the designation ND or NMD. Elsewhere, the designations "naturopath", "naturopathic doctor", and "doctor of natural medicine" are generally unprotected or prohibited.[23][36]

In North America, each jurisdiction that regulates naturopathy defines a local scope of practice for naturopathic doctors that can vary considerably. Some regions permit minor surgery, access to prescription drugs, spinal manipulations, obstetrics and gynecology and other regions exclude these from the naturopathic scope of practice or prohibit the practice of naturopathy entirely.[23][77]

Canada

Several Canadian provinces license naturopathic doctors: British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Saskatchewan.[78] British Columbia has regulated naturopathic medicine since 1936 and together with Ontario (since 2009) are the only two Canadian provinces that allow certified NDs to prescribe pharmaceuticals and perform minor surgeries.[79]

The province of Quebec does not directly regulate naturopathy. The Quebec Ministry of Education has prohibited schools from offering doctoral programs in the subject, and there are no universities with a naturopath program. Therefore, studies must be done out of province. Furthermore, in Quebec, the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ) has exclusive rights to perform certain activities including but not limited to: ordering diagnostic examinations, prescribing medication and other substances and clinically monitoring the condition of patients whose state of health presents risks. This severely restrains the scope of practice for a naturopathic doctor.[80]

In Quebec, group benefits insurance is mandatory if offered by the employer, and coverage for a naturopathic doctor is typically included in these policies. As a result of the limitations (scope of practice, title, education) in Quebec concerning naturopathic doctors, the term naturotherapy has been accepted by some insurance carriers.[81][failed verification][82][verification needed]

Medavie Blue Cross is an insurance provider, and listed ten associations it accepted as naturopathic providers for compensation and thirty it refuses to pay in a contract document with Syndicat des employés de métiers d'Hydro-Québec published on March 20, 2013.[83]

United States

Naturopathic doctors are not mandated to undergo residency between graduation and commencing practice,[3] except in the state of Utah.[45]

Australia

Currently the industry is self-regulated. There is no protection of title, meaning that technically anyone can practice as a naturopath.

In 1977 a committee reviewed all colleges of naturopathy in Australia and found that, although the syllabuses of many colleges were reasonable in their coverage of basic biomedical sciences on paper, the actual instruction bore little relationship to the documented course. In no case was any practical work of consequence available. The lectures which were attended by the committee varied from the dictation of textbook material to a slow, but reasonably methodical, exposition of the terminology of medical sciences, at a level of dictionary definitions, without the benefit of depth or the understanding of mechanisms or the broader significance of the concepts. The committee did not see any significant teaching of the various therapeutic approaches favoured by naturopaths. People reported to be particularly interested in homoeopathy, Bach's floral remedies or mineral salts were interviewed, but no systematic courses in the choice and use of these therapies were seen in the various colleges. The committee were left with the impression that the choice of therapeutic regime was based on the general whim of the naturopath and, since the suggested applications in the various textbooks and dispensations overlap to an enormous extent, no specific indications are or can be taught.[17]

India

In India there is a 5½-year degree course offering a "Bachelor of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences" (BNYS) degree. There are three post graduation programs called MD (Naturopathy), MD (Yoga-Clinical) and MD (Acupuncture) which can be done after completing the BNYS program. The first college of naturopathy was started in Hyderabad, Telangana by B. Venkatrao which offered a diploma in Naturopathy (ND). There are 17 naturopathy colleges in India.[85][self-published source?]

Naturopathy and yoga, as an Indian system of medicine, falls under the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.[86][failed verification]

The National Institute of Naturopathy in Pune was established on December 22, 1986. It encourages facilities for standardization and propagation of the existing knowledge and its application through research in naturopathy throughout India. This institute has a governing body, with the Union Minister for Health as its president.[87][failed verification]

United Kingdom

Naturopathy is not regulated in the United Kingdom. In 2012, publicly funded universities in the United Kingdom dropped their alternative medicine programs, including naturopathy.[88]

See also

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Further reading

  • Gorski D (21 February 2011). "Naturopathy and science". Science-Based Medicine. Retrieved January 2015. Unfortunately, naturopathy is a hodge-podge of mostly unscientific treatment modalities based on vitalism and other prescientific notions of disease. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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