Documentary Freedom of Choice in Medicine Dr. Tinus Smits (†2010) has developed a natural cancer therapy based on homeopathy and supplements. In this documentary, three such patients with incurable cancer describe their healing by Dr. Smits’ treatment. The documentary further explores the medical establishments lack of acceptance or even hostility towards such alternative therapies, expressed by the inspector of health. Rogier Hoenders (a psychiatrist) gives his frank opinions about the position of alternative medicines and about why it is so difficult for alternative doctors to do research. The documentary pleads for the patient’s freedom to choose therapies that have proven their effectiveness through centuries of use. Why does the medical disciplinary tribunal no longer allow Tinus Smits to claim that he is able to treat whooping cough using homeopathy? Why is the effect of homeopathy not accepted? Why is it possible for Tinus to research the effects of his cancer therapy in Nepal, but not in the Netherlands? Are we, as patients, still free to choose for ourselves? Or are we forced to choose for a treatment that is grounded in “hard” scientific evidence? If this is the case, it would be a grave situation. In this documentary, I plead for our freedom of choice; our freedom to choose therapies and treatments that have not (yet) been proven scientifically, without those providing our treatment being summoned to appear before the medical disciplinary tribunal. As well as Tinus Smits and his patients, Rogier Hoenders and Maarten de Wit talk about their experiences. Rogier Hoenders is a psychiatrist. He founded the Centrum Integrale Psychiatrie van Lentis Groningen (Centre for Integral Psychiatry of Lentis in Groningen). He conducts doctoral research on the effect and safety of complementary and alternative treatments for psychiatric disorders. Maarten de Wit is the Health Care Inspector who summoned Tinus to appear before the Medical Disciplinary Tribunal in Eindhoven in 2006.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:23:31 +0000
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