van Dam Frits S A M, Renckens Cees N M
Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2010;154:A1814.
The Dutch parliament has recently accepted a tax law in which certain groups of alternative therapists can be exempt from VAT. To be eligible for this VAT exemption, the disciplines to which the therapists belong have to meet certain training requirements. In this article it is contended, in agreement with the Royal College of Physicians in the UK, that statutory regulation is inappropriate for disciplines whose therapies are neither of proved benefit nor appropriately tested. It legitimizes harmful therapies. This is illustrated by two serious accidents, previously described in this journal, caused by a chiropractor and a craniosacral therapist.
荷兰议会最近通过了一项税法，其中某些替代疗法从业者群体可免征增值税。要获得这种增值税豁免资格，从业者所属的学科必须满足一定的培训要求。在本文中，与英国皇家内科医师学院观点一致，有人认为，对于那些疗法既未被证明有益也未得到适当检验的学科，进行法定监管是不合适的。这会使有害疗法合法化。本刊之前报道的两起严重事故就说明了这一点，事故分别由一名脊椎按摩师和一名颅骶疗法治疗师造成。
