Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting their usual doctor. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

In recent years, the source of information came from anywhere.
People
can get information from
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the internet
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internet
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the internet
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, television,
newspaper
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newspapers
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, word of mouth, etc.
This
also
affects
people
to find more
opinion
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opinions
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, including about
health
problem
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problems
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.
People
with
health
problem
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problems
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try to find
second
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opinion and
trying
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try
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alternative
medicines
and treatments.
This
essay will explore why
this
situation is considered a negative development. One of the reasons is the safety issues. Many of those
alternative
medicines
and treatments
places
does
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do
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not even have certification to run the
places
.
This
is highly dangerous because there
are
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a lot of chance of malpractice that can worsen the
patients
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patient's
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health
problem
. The
patients
also
can not sue or
asking
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for responsibility
to
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anyone since they purposely and consciously went into
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an unknown
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place without credibility &
certification
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and certification
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.
Other reasons
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Another reason
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why
this
situation is a negative development is criminal issues. Without
clear
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a clear
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and detailed background,
patient
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patients
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with
health
problem
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problems
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could
get
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apply
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easily get scammed by
the
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apply
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alternative
medicines
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medicines'
medicine's
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place
owner
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owners
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, especially if the
places
related
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are related
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with
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to
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magic. There are some cases where the
patients
are taken into
cave
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a cave
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in the jungle and get killed, or the more usual cases
is
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are
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patients
are asked a hefty money for their service but the place owner
did
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does
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not do anything to cure their
health
problem
. In conclusion, there are more disadvantages of
this
change of habit where
people
with
health
problem
tends to go to
alternative
medicines
and
treatments
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treatment
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places
instead
of doctor or hospital. It is better for
people
with
health
problems to directly
went
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go
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to professionals or
places
that have legal and credible certification.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • alternative medicines
  • treatments
  • positive development
  • negative development
  • health problems
  • usual doctor
  • access
  • personalized approach
  • holistic well-being
  • lack of regulation
  • evidence-based research
  • proper medical treatment
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