IMO, CAM practices have value no matter what they are (reiki, acupuncture, massage, magnets, aromatherapy, music therapy, art therapy, whatever).
As alluded to earlier, placebo effect can be a beneficial thing for a patient.
Surely, anyone can appreciate the benefit to a patient that is able to gain a further sense of active control in their health/treatment when otherwise rendered pretty useless/passive... say receiving chemotherapy.
They show up at the clinic, then they are somewhat passive: the meds are chosen by the doc, the IV started by the nurse. Sit and wait. Go home and feel like pure crap. Repeat x10.
If gaining a sense of power and therapeutic benefit (even if just psychological) can be had by supplementing with reiki, by god, go get some reiki.
Who is the physician to look down their nose at such circumstances?
That said, the CAM practitioners that recommend folks turn away from medical treatment (ie "chemo is poison, heal yourself with reiki exclusively")...yeah, that's not good.
It is a valuable supplement for those that choose to believe in it.
EDIT: looking back at the original post, it says the reiki is framed as: "a safe way to alleviate stress, reduce physical pain, improve sleep patterns..." To me that sounds completely reasonable and likely very true -- STRESS is a real SOB on mind/body AND sleep.
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My medical school is hosting Reiki sessions for students....
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