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* misdiagnoses because of inadequate medical training of alternative practitioners

* misdiagnoses because of inadequate medical training of alternative practitioners

* deterioration of therapeutic prospects due to futile pseudomedical efforts

* deterioration of therapeutic prospects due to futile pseudomedical efforts

* development of guilty feelings at failure, towards oneself or towards family members

* development of guilt feelings at failure, towards oneself or family members

* psychological and financial abuse by the CAM system which often shows cult-like structures

* psychological and financial exploitation by a CAM method displaying cult-like structures

* development of psychological dependency on addiction to the treatment

* development of psychological dependency or addiction

* deaths or permanent damage due to inappropriate procedures

* deaths or permanent damage due to inappropriate procedures

A study by the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne published in December 2010 investigated 39 cases in which children were hurt due to alternative medical treatments. In 30 cases a correlation between damage to the patients and the use of alternative medical therapies or the denial of prescribed medicines could be established. Four of the children died because their parents refused medical treatment. An malnourished infant of eight months died of septic shock because he had been put on a diet of "naturopathic" rice milk due to an alleged obstruction since his third month of life. A baby of ten months also died of septic shock because he was put on a restrictive diet against chronic dermatitis. A further child died from multiple epileptic seizures after the parents had stopped the anti-epileptic drug medication for fear of side effects, using an alternative remedy instead. A fourth child suffered fatal bleeding because the parents refused treatment with clotting factors in favour of a complimentary medical treatment.<ref>http://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/44039/Paediatrie--Tod-nach-Alternativmedizin.htm</ref><ref>http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2010/11/24/adc.2010.183152.short?q=w_adc_ahead_tab</ref>

A study by the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne published in December 2010 investigated 39 cases in which children suffered damage fpllowing alternative medical treatments. In 30 cases, a correlation between damage to the patients and use of alternative medical therapies or denial of prescribed medicines was established. Four of the children died because their parents refused medical treatment. An malnourished infant of eight months died of septic shock because he had been put on a diet of "naturopathic" rice milk due to an alleged constipation since his third month of life. A baby of ten months also died of septic shock because he was put on a restrictive diet against a chronic eczema. Another child died from multiple epileptic seizures after parents had stopped the anti-epileptic drug medication for fear of side effects, using an alternative remedy instead. A fourth child suffered fatal bleeding because the parents refused a therapy with anticoagulants in favour of a complementary medical treatment.<ref>http://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/44039/Paediatrie--Tod-nach-Alternativmedizin.htm</ref><ref>http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2010/11/24/adc.2010.183152.short?q=w_adc_ahead_tab</ref>

==Intimidation and actions against critics==

==Intimidation and actions against critics==