Muyskens, Kathryn Lynn http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-0659
Article History
Accepted: 5 June 2023
First Online: 12 July 2023
Endnotes
: <sup>1 </sup>See Muyskens (2023) for a further discussion of harmfulness in medicine, as well as Muyskens (2022) for an exploration of harmful cultural conceptions of health.
: <sup>2 </sup>As I have argued elsewhere, medicine (in the political arena) is best thought of as a relationship with several necessary elements: the patient, practitioner, treatment, and theoretical explanation (Muyskens 2023).Within this framework, the professionalization of the practitioner serves the interests of justice even if it may exclude some traditions. Such features are important in protecting patients’ interests and rights; everyoneis better off with the assurance that the person helping them in their hour of need has been accredited and trained and is accountable to some transparent set of standards.