Gevers J K
Academisch Medisch Centrum, Instituut voor Sociale Geneeskunde, Amsterdam.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1999 Jan 23;143(4):210-3.
Alternative therapies, i.e. methods of treatment which cannot be considered to form part of the regular medical professional standard, are practised not only by alternative practitioners, but to some extent by qualified physicians, also. The Individual Health Care Professionals Act recently enacted in the Netherlands concerns the freedom to practise this complementary medicine. Whereas for physicians the decisions of the disciplinary courts will remain the determining factor, the new law--recognising the right and responsibility of individuals to seek health care wherever they wish--provides more room for alternative practitioners. This does not imply that the law does no longer protect the public from irresponsible forms of alternative medicine. However, it remains to be seen whether the instruments provided by the law to repress such practices are sufficient.
替代疗法，即那些不被视为常规医学专业标准组成部分的治疗方法，不仅由替代疗法从业者实施，在一定程度上也由合格的医生实施。荷兰最近颁布的《个体医疗保健专业人员法》涉及从事这种补充医学的自由。虽然对医生来说，纪律法庭的裁决仍将是决定性因素，但新法律——承认个人有权也有责任在他们希望的任何地方寻求医疗保健——为替代疗法从业者提供了更多空间。这并不意味着法律不再保护公众免受不负责任的替代医学形式的侵害。然而，法律提供的抑制此类行为的手段是否足够还有待观察。
