Lower Standard Of Care Admission By "Integrative" Family Practitioner

"Integrative medicine gives a physician permission to lower the standard for evidence of safety and effectiveness. After all, alternative medicine that’s been proved is medicine.  But, it is not only in their employment of quackery that integrative physicians are a menace to patients, it is this disdain for conventional medicine too. That disdain came through loud and clear in Dr. Woliner’s testimony, where he defined 'mainstream medicine' as 'patentable drugs and surgery.'"

Is there a distinct standard of care for “integrative” physicians?: The Woliner case