‘Friends of Science in Medicine’ calls for the dumping of complementary healthcare courses

A group of high-profile scientists is calling for universities to dump alternative and complementary health care courses believing they are not supported by valid scientific research. Such an outrageous demand is blatantly hypocritical when you consider that up to half of all western medical interventions lack a comprehensive evidence base and that preventable medical errors in hospitals are responsible for 11% of all deaths in Australia.