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    Is it ethical for medical practitioners to prescribe alternative and complementary treatments that may lack an evidence base?

    Vicki Kotsirilos
    Med J Aust 2011; 195 (8): 450-451. || doi: 10.5694/mja11.10877
    Published online: 17 October 2011

    To the Editor: I am concerned that the viewpoints by Dwyer1 and Pirotta2 were published without establishing a clear definition of “complementary and alternative medicine” (CAM).

    • Vicki Kotsirilos

    • Whole Health Medical Clinic, Melbourne, VIC.

    Correspondence: vicki.k@optusnet.com.au
    Competing interests:

    I was the Founder and Founding President of the Australasian Integrative Medicine Association.

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