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Panelists at Missoula conference debate referrals and scientific evidence for complementary therapies
Summary
Panelists, including physicians and licensed acupuncturists, discussed barriers to cross‑referral between conventional and complementary practitioners and debated the availability and quality of scientific evidence supporting complementary therapies.
Panelists at the Institute Of Medicine And Humanities conference in Missoula described limited formal referral pathways between conventional physicians and complementary practitioners, and debated how scientific evidence should affect those referrals.
A panelist who identified as a massage therapist said she refers to medical doctors "probably once a month" but that in four years she had received only two formal referrals back from physicians. An acupuncturist on the panel noted that acupuncturists in the state are licensed by the Board of Medical Examiners and said that shared licensing has helped create some physician…
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