Derecho a una salud y libertad de decisiones. Posibilidad de optar al uso de Terapias Complementarias Patients´ rights to access to health services and decision-making. The chance to choose Complementary Therapies

La Declaracion Universal de los Derechos Humanos recoge el derecho de las personas a la libertad de pensamiento, conciencia, religion o creencia, asi como a la salud, el bienestar y la educacion. En ese mismo sentido la OMS hace, para asegurar el derecho a la salud de las poblaciones, recomendaciones a los paises entre las que se encuentra la integracion de las TC en los Sistemas de Salud y una investigacion adecuada; muchos paises ignoran esta recomendacion con el argumento de que son psudoterapias sin validez cientifica. La poblacion las sigue usando sin el conocimiento de los profesionales de la salud lo que implica un riesgo para las personas. Para dar seguridad a los ciudadanos es necesaria la regulacion en docencia y practica, asi como un consejo sanitario informado veraz a la poblacion para que pueda decidir libremente. Patients´ rights to access to health services and decision-making. The chance to choose Complementary Therapies Abstract: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights sings up people´s rights such as freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, as well as to health, well-being and education. In the same line of thought, World Health Organization (WHO), in order to guarantee the right to access to health services, recommends countries to include and integrate Complementary Therapies (CT) in health system portfolio services as well as promote research in this field. Nevertheless, many countries ignore this recommendation due to the argument that Complementary therapies are pseudo-therapies with no evidence. Taking in account that population continues using Complementary Therapies by their own initiative with no health professional supervision, it is necessary to regulate CT Training and practice in order to guarantee users security. Furthermore, it is mandatory to elaborate trustful health advices for promoting people informed and free decision-making. Keywords: Human Rights, Complementary Therapies, Alternative Therapies, Health, Patient Safety Data de rececao: 12/12/2019 Decisao Final: 2/05/2020