RT Journal Article ID 34e8e853448e7e37 A1 Doyle, D. John T1 Modern Medicine and the Postmodernist Challenge: Examining the Issues JF Ethics in Biology, Engineering and Medicine: An International Journal JO EBEM YR 2013 FD 2014-07-16 VO 4 IS 3 SP 185 OP 197 K1 Alternative medicine K1 complementary medicine K1 evidence-based medicine K1 HIV/AIDS K1 postmodernism K1 therapeutic touch AB In this essay I discuss the impact of postmodern thinking on the practice of contemporary medicine, focusing on "alternative medicine" and its origins (at least in part) in a postmodern world view. I take the position that postmodern thinking has led to a belief in some circles that the current evidence-based, positivist approach to clinical management should be abandoned. I suggest that such thinking is not without its attendant dangers. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/6ed509641f7324e6,50de6dfe406dbd9f,34e8e853448e7e37.html