Ethical argument in favour of studying table honey in contemporary wound care

Honey has long been used in wound care and continues to attract clinical interest. Its ongoing use in contemporary practice raises an ethical question: whether publicly funded healthcare institutions have a responsibility to formally evaluate the clinical use of table honey under defined conditions. Given established biological plausibility and informal off-protocol use, the absence of prospective evaluation raises ethical concerns. Institutional refusal to study such practices may fall short of appropriate ethical oversight.