The inability of mainstream Western medicine to provide ready solutions to these complaints has led to increasing levels of frustration and disenchantment even among doctors themselves, leading growing numbers of people to turn to naturopathy and alternative medicine for help.
於是，愈來愈多病患對主流醫界失望、醫師的挫折困擾也不斷累積，不論是患者或醫者，都有轉向自然醫學或各種另類療法求助的趨勢。