PEDIATRICS Vol. 108 No. 5 November 2001, pp. 1237-1238
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To the Editor.
We applaud the American Academy of Pediatrics for recognizing
the need for, and publishing, their guidelines on counseling families
about using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for their
children.1 Your stated goals of advising pediatricians to
evaluate the scientific merits of CAM approaches, identify potential
risks, and provide families with information on a range of treatment
options are laudable. However, we believe you fall short in your
additional call