Complementary Medicine Has No Place in Cardiovascular Medicine

Complementary medicine has no place in cardiovascular medicine.

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traditional and complementary medicine, yes or no?

Complementary/Alternative Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases

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Complementary/Alternative Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases 2014

Copyright © 2015 Ke-Ji Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of long-term morbidity and mortality worldwide and are on an alarming rise in populations. Acc...

Futility has no utility in resuscitation medicine.

"Futility" is a word which means the absence of benefit. It has been used to describe an absence of utility in resuscitation endeavours but it fails to do this. Futility does not consider the harms of resuscitation and we should consider the balance of benefit and harm that results from our resuscitation endeavours. If a resuscitation is futile then any harm that ensues will bring about an unfa...