The treatment shall be at all times in the best interest of the patient. Practitioners continuously improve their skills and medical knowledge and make those skills and knowledge available to their patients. Practitioners recognize that patients have the right to share in making decisions pertaining to their treatment. They guide and educate patients toward this goal and actively encourage them to share responsibility for their care. Practitioners may advertise where legal however, such advertising should never promise improvement, cure or be laudatory.
Practitioners have the right to practice all responsible methods of treatment.
The practitioner has the obligation, however, to determine the effectiveness and safety of such treatments and to acquire the skills and training necessary for the delivery of such care. Practitioners do not reveal the confidences entrusted in the course of medical care unless required by law, or unless it becomes necessary to protect the welfare of the individual or the community. Members should make provisions to donate some time to treatment of those without adequate financial resources, individually or on a community basis. Holistic medicine is the art and science of healing that addresses the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. The practice of holistic medicine integrates conventional and alternative therapies to prevent and treat disease, and most importantly, to promote optimal helath.