%0 Journal Article
%T El debate sobre la Medicina Natural y Tradicional y sus implicaciones para la salud p迆blica Debate on the natural and traditional medicine and its implications for the public health
%A Francisco Rojas Ochoa
%A Luis Carlos Silva Ayˋaguer
%A F谷lix Sans車 Soberats
%A Patricia Alonso Galb芍n
%J Revista Cubana de Salud P迆blica
%D 2013
%I Centro Nacional de Informaci車n de Ciencias M谷dicas
%X Se reflexiona en torno a la importancia del debate y de la aplicaci車n rigurosa del m谷todo cient赤fico para fortalecer la Medicina Natural y Tradicional como recurso de la salud p迆blica. Se esclarecen e ilustran los conceptos de ciencia err車nea, ciencia espuria y pseudociencia, todos relevantemente peligrosos para la salud de la poblaci車n. A la vez que se se ala que bajo la sombrilla de la Medicina Natural y Tradicional, se ubican leg赤timos recursos terap谷uticos, se advierte sobre la existencia de otros que no cuentan con el aval del m谷todo cient赤fico o cuya validez ha sido directamente refutada por 谷l. Se reivindica la importancia medular de considerar el mejor conocimiento disponible en cada momento hist車rico para el dise o de acciones de salud adecuadas y se concluye que solo la honradez intelectual, el debate constructivo y la experimentaci車n son capaces de garantizar este prop車sito. The importance of the debate and the rigorous application of the scientific method to strengthen the Natural and Traditional Medicine (NTM) as a public health resource were analyzed. Three concepts were clarified and illustrated: erroneous science, spurious science and pseudoscience, all of them significantly hazardous to the population∩s health. While it is noted that legitimate therapeutic resources are located under the umbrella of the natural and traditional medicine, it was also warned against other resources which do not have the endorsement of the scientific method or whose validity has been directly refuted. The crucial importance of taking into account the best available knowledge at every historical period to design appropriate public health actions was highlighted. It was emphasized that only intellectual honesty, constructive debate and experimentation are able to secure this purpose.
%K salud p迆blica
%K ciencia
%K pseudociencia
%K medicina natural
%K experimentaci車n
%K m谷todo cient赤fico
%K public health
%K science
%K pseudoscience
%K natural medicine
%K experimentation
%K scientific method
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