The majority view of ethics and professionalism in alternative medicine

has grown amongthe public and veterinarians and veterinary schoolshave increased their offerings, especially in acupunc-ture and herbal medicine. Even as the role of therapiesknown as complementary or alternative has grown inveterinary practice, a small but vocal group of skepticshas increasingly criticized the ethical basis on whichCAVM is practiced. However, the reality about CAVMis more complex than these skeptics allow. In this arti-cle, we address a number of the objections and mis-conceptions about CAVM.